First national conference on ‘Young People and Crime: Research, Policy and Practice'

As part of our ongoing Criminological Directory, we are happy to present this publication that was compiled for the first national conference on ‘Young People and Crime: Research, Policy and Practice’,  which was hosted by the Centre for Social and Educational Research, Dublin Institute of Technology.

 
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Introduction

The first national conference on ‘Young People and Crime: Research, Policy and Practice’, hosted by the Centre for Social and Educational Research, Dublin Institute of Technology, was a two-day event held in September 2005 that brought together researchers, academics, policy-makers and Non Govermantal Organisations to address some of the most pertinent contemporary issues within the general arena of youth crime in Ireland.

The three core conference themes were:

• Criminological Perspectives on the Children Act 2001
• Youth and Risk
• Restorative Justice

As well as providing a forum through which discussion and potential collaboration could be built across the three sectors, it was also envisaged that the conference would provide an opportunity for those engaged in criminological research in Ireland to present to their peers and build academic collaboration within the discipline.

These proceedings are not a comprehensive record of all contributions to the Conference. In some instances contributions were not scripted; also, some papers are not available for publication in Proceedings format as they are awaiting publication elsewhere. For a full list of all presentations, please refer to the Conference Programme in Appendix one. That said, these Proceedings represent a significant record of the conference and are an important ‘gathering together’ of papers on various aspects of juvenile justice. We would like to thank all the contributors, and are particularly grateful to editors and publishers who have given permission for work to be re-produced here.

Editorial team,
Dr. Kevin Lalor, Department of Social Sciences, DIT
Dr. Fergus Ryan, Department of Law, DIT
Dr. Mairéad Seymour, Department of Social Sciences, DIT
Claire Hamilton, Department of Social Sciences, DIT