Juvenile justice: Policing and children

This national conference on policing and children will look at the role of the police in keeping children out of the penal system, interactions between children and the police and children’s rights and participation .

Date: 6 December 2012, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Aston Business School, Birmingham B4 7ET


Speakers include:
  • Jacqui Cheer QPM, Temporary Chief Constable, Cleveland Police
  • John Drew, Chief Executive, Youth Justice Board
  • Kate Green MP, Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System
  • David Hanson MP, Shadow Minister for Policing
  • Commander Christine Jones, Metropolitan Police
  • Paul McKeever, Chair of the Police Federation
  • Professor Jo Phoenix, Durham University
  • Drusilla Sharpling, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.
With contributions from:
  • Lorraine Atkinson, Senior Policy Officer, The Howard League for Penal Reform
  • Tabitha Bushill, Legal Director, The Howard League for Penal Reform
  • Frances Crook OBE, Chief Executive, The Howard League for Penal Reform
  • Anita Dockley, Research Director, The Howard League for Penal Reform
  • Shauneen Lambe, Executive Director, Just For Kids
  • Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns, The Howard League for Penal Reform
  • Jo Rowland, Head of Criminal Justice and Custody, Hampshire Constabulary
  • Lucy Russell, Senior Campaigns Co-ordinator, U R Boss
  • Sheila Taylor, Director, National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People
  • Professor David Wilson, Birmingham City University.
Conference structure

Plenary sessions will be followed by questions and debate. There will also be a choice of workshops which will explore:
  • engagement with Police and Crime Commissioners (including a presentation of a U R Boss film made by young people about their experiences of the police)
  • the overnight detention of children in police custody
  • the use of community resolutions in policing
  • the criminalisation and policing of sexually exploited girls
  • relationships between the police and young people.
Who should attend

Practitioners and policy makers at all levels including youth offending teams, children’s services, police, voluntary sector agencies, independent advocates, appropriate adults, academics, lawyers and sentencers.

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pdf: http://www.howardleague.org/policingconference/

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