saso
Conferences organised by SASO branches
Most branches organise an annual day conference in addition to a series of evening meeting (see Branches).
"Is Scotland Protecting Its Children?" Glasgow Annual Conference 10th May 2010
Conference chair: Professor Andrew Lockyer
Updated programme with speaker details (April 2010)
"Women and Children in the Criminal Justice System" Glasgow Annual Conference 11th May 2009
Conference chair: Baroness Viviene Stern.
Presentations
Tom McMurchie, Acting Governor on HM and YOI Cornton Vale (.pdf 0.5MB)
Dr Claire McDiarmid, Law School, University of Strathclyde: 'Raising the age of criminal responibility or not?' (.pdf 400KB)
Dr Loraine Gelsthorpe, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge: 'Creating justice for women: needs and deeds'. (.pdf 1.6MB)
Dr Monica Barry, University of Strathclyde: 'Pathways of young women in and out of offending'. (.pdf 70KB)
Dr Nancy Loucks, Families Outside: ''Women and Children First'? Families of Female Offenders'. (.pdf 31KB)
Dumfries and Galloway Branch Annual Conference on ‘Multiculturalism’ 22 May 2009. Chair; Chief Constable Patrick Shearer. Keynote Speakers; Dr Jeffery Stevenson Murer, University of St. Andrews. Mr. Bashir Maan, Author
It is with regret that we have to announce the cancellation of this event.
12th May 2008: Glasgow Branch Conference
"Is Justice for the Community Justice by the Community?"
This very successful one day conference was chaired by the Rt Hon Lord Clyde.
Keynote speakers included:
Anne Connolly, Chief Officer, Glasgow Community Justice Authority
"Safer and Stronger.Opportunities and challenges for Community Justice Authorities" (.ppt 69KB)
Julius Lang, Center for Court Innovation (Red Hook)
"Community Courts: bringing community justice into the courts system" (.ppt 2.16MB)
Prof. Candance McCoy, City University of New York
The're neither communities nor courts" (.ppt 48KB)
Mike Nellis, Professor of Criminal and Community Justice, Glasgow School of Social Work
Prof. Stephen Phillips MBE, Children's Hearings Panel Chair West Dunbartonshire
"The Children's Panel" (.ppt 1.77MB)
Tim Richley, Criminal Justice Advisor, Circles of Support & Accountability, Sacro
"Circles of Support and Accountability: a model for the safer re-settlement of sex offenders in the community" (.ppt 129KB)