Discovering Balance
Workshops
Session 4 Breakout 4, 3.45-5.00pm, Robertson Theatre
Restorative Justice: People, Place and Practices
Brian Steels, Dorothy Goulding and Guy Hall (RJRU Murdoch)
The three speakers will discuss the issue of RJ remaining relevant within a broad range of settings, catering for various criminal charges within different communities and cultures, and addressing the scope of victimisation. Guy Hall will address the Psychological Significance of Restorative Justice and its demonstrable positive impact on victims. There is evidence that certain types of restorative justice practices reduce offending. This presentation relates the restorative justice processes to the counselling processes used to help individuals adjust to victimisation and to the cessation of offending. The presentation will also identify the practices which will most effectively enhance positive outcomes for victims and offenders.
Session 4, Breakout 4
Date & Time: Thursday 2 October (3.45pm)
Location: Robertson Theatre
Session 4 Breakout 5, 3.45-5.00pm, ECL 1
Prison Inspections as a Tool for Reform
William (Bill) Cullen and John Acres (OICS)
This workshop presentation will commence with an overview to the background to independent inspections of adult and juvenile custodial services in Western Australia, including a perspective on why a government was preparded to expose themselves to this level of scrutiny. It will outline the current inspection methodology and the development and use of inspection standards, including newly developed standards for Aboriginal prisoners. The legislative requirement for inspecting at least once every 3 years is examined in the context of a model of 'continuous inspection' that is currently being applied. This approach which is based upon regular liaison visits allows for the development of closer and more productive relationships. A detailed examination is made of the successes and failures of this model of prison reform and finally we will look at possible scenarios for the future of inspections in Western Australia.
Session 4, Breakout 5
Date & Time: Thursday 2 October (3.45pm)
Location: ECL1
Session 4 Breakout 6, 3.45-5.00pm, ECL 2
The role of the prison chaplain
Revd Francis Hadfield
Session 4, Breakout 6
Date & Time: Thursday 2 October (3.45pm)
Location: ECL 2
Session 7 Breakout 9, 1.30-3.30pm, ECL 3
Human rights and prisons: providing an ethical framework
Professor Andrew Coyle
Session 7, Breakout 9
Date & Time: Friday 3 October (1.30pm)
Location: ECL 3