Australasian Youth Justice Conference 2013
 

Program

Program subject to change without notice.
 
Monday 20/05/2013
8:00 am - 9:00 amRegistration
9:00 am - 9:45 amOpening session
9:45 am - 10:40 amKeynote address - Leaving the life: Notes on desistance from serious repeat offending [More Info]
Professor Mark Halsey, Law School, Flinders University
10:40 am - 11:00 amMorning tea
11:00 am - 11:30 am1a - Youth on track–An early intervention system for NSW [More Info]
Mr Gregory Benson, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
Mr Sean Cotter, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
1b - Justice & Forensic Mental Health Network, Adolescent Health–Reception Assessment [More Info]
Ms Helen Andriotis, Justice & Forensic Mental Health Network
1c - Implementing a youth justice performance framework [More Info]
Laura Atwell, Department of Justice and Attorney General, Queensland
1d - The lessons learnt from the Hobart Specialised Youth Justice Pilot [More Info]
Ms Lisa Cuatt, Save the Children Tasmania
Mr Stuart Oldfield, Department of Health and Human Services (Tas)
11:35 am - 12:05 pm1a - Youth diversion the early intervention way; practice issues when working with young people at the time of first police contact [More Info]
Mr Horace Wansbrough, Youth Support + Advocacy Service (Vic)
1b - A preventative framework for assessing and managing violence risks in a youth mental health service [More Info]
Dr Gennady Baksheev, Deakin University
1c - Continuous improvement underpinned by AJJA Standards equals good practice for managing you people within the criminal justice system [More Info]
Mr Gary Crawford, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
1d - Save the Children’s Program in Tasmania – Transition from Ashley Youth Detention Centre and Supporting Young People on Bail [More Info]
Ms Lisa Cuatt, Save the Children Tasmania
12:10 pm - 12:40 pm1a - Early and Effective Relational Interventions for at Risk Children and Adolescents [More Info]
Mr Leigh Garrett, OARS Community Transitions; Centre for Restorative Justice
Ms Victoria Laughton, Victim Support Service Inc
Mr Tony Waters, Victim Support Service Inc
1b - Balancing Positive Client Outcomes with Safety and Security: The Establishment of the SERT at YJCS [More Info]
Mr Simon Brown-Greaves, FBG Group
Mr Ian Lanyon, Department of Human Services (Vic)
1c - Applying a critical best practice research approach to juvenile justice [More Info]
Dr Brian Stout, University of Western Sydney
1d - New Zealand Youth Justice Residences: A multi-agency team approach [More Info]
Mr Grant Bennett, Child Youth and Family, Ministry of Social Development (NZ)
Mr Ken McIntosh, Central Regional Health School (NZ)
12:40 pm - 1:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:25 pmKeynote address - From little things, big things grow: Emerging Themes for Youth Justice in the South Pacific [More Info]
Judge Andrew Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge of New Zealand
2:25 pm - 3:20 pmKeynote address - Crime Control, Politics and Policy Production – Critical Reflections on the Demonisation of Indigenous Youth [More Info]
Mr Juan Tauri, Lecturer, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
3:20 pm - 3:45 pmAfternoon tea
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm2a - Working effectively with young offenders who are dealing with AOD issues [More Info]
Ms Katherine McLachlan, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
2b - Three dogmas of juvenile justice policy in Australia [More Info]
Dr Lorana Bartels, University of Canberra
2c - Voices from the inside: Good practice for engaging young people in policy, program and service development within the criminal justice system [More Info]
Ms Stephanie Martin, McCreary Centre Society (Canada)
Ms Annie Smith, McCreary Centre Society (Canada)
2d - Client assessment in youth justice: Outcome measurement [More Info]
Dr Sharon Casey, Deakin University
Professor Andrew Day, Deakin University
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm2a - Innovative Alcohol and Other Drug responses in a youth justice population [More Info]
Mr Peter Wearne, Youth Support + Advocacy Service (Vic)
2b - Bail and remand for young people in Australia [More Info]
Dr Kelly Richards, Queensland University of Technology
Ms Lauren Renshaw, Australian Institute of Criminology
2c - What do we do? What do we need to know? How are the young people better off? – Improving collaborative outcomes through youth development approaches and with strong network partnerships [More Info]
Ms Anita Balhorn, Ivita Health Services (NZ)
Ms Hazel Audain, Ivita Health Services (NZ)
Dr Vicky Shaw, Lower North YJ Residential Centre (NZ)
Raquel Amadei Barbiellini, Waitemata District Health Board (NZ)
2d - Assessing psychological maturity in juvenile offenders [More Info]
Dr Sharon Casey, Deakin University
4:55 pm - 5:25 pm2a - Supporting youth with FASD who are in conflict with the law [More Info]
Ms Maya Peled, McCreary Centre Society (Canada)
2b - Thinking Outside – improving responses to children who experience remand [More Info]
Ms Julie Edwards, Jesuit Social Services
2c - Indications of group intervention effectiveness with South Australian young offenders [More Info]
Ms Louisa Hackett, Department of Communities and Social Inclusion (SA)
2d - The Young Offender Risk Identification Assessment: The development and trial of a ‘screening out’ tool for use by youth justice officers on young offenders [More Info]
Dr Natalie Gately, Edith Cowan University
5:30 pm - 7:00 pmNetworking reception

Tuesday 21/05/2013
8:30 am - 9:00 amDay 2 registration
9:00 am - 9:30 amDay 2 opening session
9:30 am - 10:25 amKeynote address - The Processing of Youth and the Sentencing of Young Offenders in a Federal System: Challenges and successes in the recent Canadian experience [More Info]
Dr Raymond R Corrado, Simon Fraser University
10:25 am - 10:45 amMorning tea
10:45 am - 11:15 pm3a - Remote location, traditional lifestyle: protecting Indigenous youth from entering the criminal justice system [More Info]
Ms Ruth Brebner, Solicitor for NT, Department of the Attorney General and Justice
3b - Recent findings on young people under youth justice supervision: focus on girls and young women [More Info]
Ms Arianne Schlumpp, Child Welfare and Prisoner Health Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Ms Rhiannon Kelly, Child Welfare and Prisoner Health Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
3c - Promising practice for reducing youths’ gang involvement [More Info]
Ms Ann Alexander, PLEA Community Services Society of BC (Canada)
Ms Maya Peled, McCreary Centre Society (Canada)
3d - Bail: The secret to reducing youth incarceration [More Info]
Magistrate Paul Mulroney, Children’s Court of NSW
11:20 am - 11:50 am3a - Valuing Aboriginal community views: applying principles of cultural safety, competency and appropriateness in youth justice conferencing in NSW [More Info]
Dr Loretta Kelly, Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian People, Southern Cross University
3b - Exploring Gender Differences in the Order Details and Risk Profiles of Young Offenders [More Info]
Ms Jamie Young, Deakin University
3c - Freestyle Street Art – Banyule City Council Youth Service [More Info]
Ms Leonie Farrell, Banyule City Council
Ms Jessica Sayers, Banyule City Council
3d - Looking behind the rise in juvenile remands in NSW [More Info]
Emeritus Professor David Brown, University of NSW
11:55 am - 12:25 pm3a - Who's listening when we talk? [More Info]
Mr Trevor Kennedy, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
Mr Craig Biles, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
3b - Changing trajectories of offending and reoffending for young women in British Columbia, Canada [More Info]
Ms Annie Smith, McCreary Centre Society (Canada)
3c - Analysis of worker skills in youth probation [More Info]
Associate Professor Chris Trotter, Monash University
Ms Phillipa Evans, Monash University
3d - After Hours Bail Support Service evaluation [More Info]
Dr Mark Collis, Youth Services, ACT Government
Ms Ronia McDade, Youth Justice Case Management, ACT Government
12:25 pm - 1:10 pmLunch
1:10 pm - 2:10 pmKeynote address - Cultural Competence in Forensic Settings – what issues continue to impact? [More Info]
Dr Tracy Westerman, Managing Director, Indigenous Psychological Services
2:10 pm - 3:05 pmKeynote address - Young women and crime [More Info]
Professor Kerry Carrington, Head, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
3:05 pm - 3:25 pmAfternoon tea
3:25 pm - 3:50 pm4a - Aboriginal Next Steps: A British Columbian community based youth crime reduction project [More Info]
Ms Stephanie Martin, McCreary Centre Society (Canada)
4b - Racial profiling, police accountability and the walking alongside program [More Info]
Ms Chantelle Higgs, Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre
4c - Tough justice or rough justice? An examination of new directions in youth justice in Queensland [More Info]
Associate Professor Terry Hutchison, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Kelly Richards, Queensland University of Technology
4d - Symposia: Family and Community-based interventions in NSW Juvenile Justice [More Info]
Dr Eric Heller, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
Dr Michael Szyjan, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
Dr Ian Nisbet, Juvenile Justice NSW, Department of Attorney General & Justice
Associate Professor Chris Trotter, Monash University
3:55 pm - 4:20 pm4a - Justice Reinvestment: Addressing the Overrepresentation of Aboriginal Young People in the NSW Criminal Justice System [More Info]
Ms Sarah Hopkins, Justice Reinvestment for Aboriginal Young People Campaign
4b - From Sudan to the Suburbs [More Info]
Mr Warren Eames, Youth Support + Advocacy Service (Vic)
4c - Implementing youth bootcamps in Queenland [More Info]
, Youth Services, Department of Justice and Attorney-General (Qld)
4:25 pm - 4:50 pm4a - It seems to work: Lessons from evaluating Indigenous youth justice programs [More Info]
Mr Matthew Willis, Australian Institute of Criminology
4b - Cop that: Bridging the gap between young people and Law enforcement officers [More Info]
Mr Dean Barnett, Youth Reference Group, Youth Affairs Council of Victoria
Mr Joshua Gilligan, Youth Reference Group, Youth Affairs Council of Victoria
Ms Jess Moyle, Youth Reference Group, Youth Affairs Council of Victoria
4c - The 2010 reforms of the New Zealand youth justice system: From progressive to punitive? [More Info]
Dr Nessa Lynch, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
4:55 pm - 5:20 pm4a - Strategies to increase the cultural integrity of court processes for Aboriginal young people and their families [More Info]
Mr Jared Sharp, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
4b - Smart with the Heart Youth Offender Model [More Info]
Ms Cherie Tuaupiki, Diamond Dynamics (NZ)
4c - What worked, what didn’t and what don’t we know? The New Zealand experience using the “What works” literature as a guide to establishing an intensive programme for serious young offenders [More Info]
Mr Christopher Polaschek, Child Youth and Family, Ministry of Social Development (NZ)

Wednesday 22/05/2013
8:30 am - 9:00 amDay 3 registration
9:00 am - 9:30 am5a - Restorative justice as a better practice for managing the need for rehabilitation in response to youth offending [More Info]
Dr Tony Foley, ANU College of Law
5b Workshop - Collaborative case management – collaborating to achieve best practice [More Info]
, Youth Services, Department of Justice and Attorney-General (Qld)
5c Workshop - Early and Effective Relational Interventions for At Risk Children and Adolescents [More Info]
Ms Victoria Laughton, Victim Support Service Inc
Mr Tony Waters, Victim Support Service Inc
Mr Leigh Garrett, OARS Community Transitions; Centre for Restorative Justice
9:30 am - 10:00 am5a - Getting beyond “just” talk: Making thinking visible in community conferencing [More Info]
Ms Jane Douglas, Children and Youth Services, Department of Health and Human Services
10:00 am - 10:30 am5a - Community Integration Team – Assisting young people to access health services in the community on release from custody [More Info]
Mr Christopher Selvey, Justice & Forensic Mental Health Network
10:30 am - 10:50 amMorning tea
10:50 am - 11:20 am6a - Are current correctional programs addressing the needs of young women in Victorian prisons? [More Info]
Mrs Ruth Klein, Criminal Justice Research Consortium, Monash University
6b - Workshop - Evaluating initiatives that aim to prevent or respond to youth offending [More Info]
Dr Rick Brown, Deputy Director Research, Australian Institute of Criminology
Mr Anthony Morgan, Principal Research Analyst, Australian Institute of Criminology
6c - Workshop - Oral language competence and vulnerability in early life [More Info]
Associate Professor Pamela Snow, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University
11:20 am - 11:50 am6a - Unspeakably present: the (un)acknowledgement of diverse sexuality and gender human rights in Australian youth justice systems [More Info]
Dr Angela Dwyer, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Kelly Richards, Queensland University of Technology
11:50 am - 12:20 pm6a - Young cybercriminals: pathways and potential prevention and response strategies [More Info]
Dr Alice Hutchings, Australian Institute of Criminology
12:20 pm - 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm7a - Thinking outside the classroom: Creating new environments for young people engaged in the Youth Justice System to successfully gain access to education [More Info]
Ms Harriet Horsfall, Brisbane Youth Service
7b - The health of young people appearing in the NSW Children’s Court [More Info]
Ms Toni Anderson, Justice & Forensic Mental Health Network
7c - Exploring the links between alternative education programs and crime prevention – A case study in Glebe [More Info]
Mr John Maynard, City of Sydney
1:35 pm - 2:05 pm8a - Symposia: The impact of maltreatment on cognitive and language development: What does early neurobiological adversity mean for youth justice workers? [More Info]
Dr Sara McLean, Australian Centre for Child Protection (SA)
Ms Samantha Parkinson, Australian Centre for Child Protection (SA)
Associate Professor Pamela Snow, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University
8b - Workshop: Adolescent violence in the home – improving a coordinated response [More Info]
Ms Jo Howard, Manager, Peninsula Health Community Health (Vic)
8c - The criminal responsibility of children and their parents [More Info]
Mr James McCue, Edith Cown University
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm8c - Consequences of increasing the age of criminal responsibility: Case of Thai children under 12 in conflict with the law [More Info]
Dr Kattiya Ratanadilok, Ministry of Justice (Thailand)
2:35 pm - 3:05 pm8c - Raising the age of criminal responsibility - options for reform in Australia [More Info]
Mr Michael Livingstone, Jesuit Social Services
3:05 pm - 3:30 pmAfternoon tea and closing