Innovative Justice and Desistance

J.D. Murphy1,2*, K.L. Goodwin2,3 1 Design4Use Pty Ltd 2 Department of Justice NSW 3 Matchbox Studio *corresponding author: john@design4use.com.au Currently, the primary mechanisms for families to communicate with loved ones in detention centres in NSW in real time are telephone...

M. Barry Principal Research Fellow, Law School, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, monica.barry@strath.ac.uk Young offenders’ views of the criminal justice system or of why young people desist from crime are rarely sought by policy makers and practitioners the world over. This presentation...

M. Barry Principal Research Fellow, Law School, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, monica.barry@strath.ac.uk Young offenders’ views of the criminal justice system or of why young people desist from crime are rarely sought by policy makers and practitioners the world over. This presentation...

Dung Tuan Truong Dung Tuan Truong, PhD Candidate in Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, dane.truong@vuw.ac.nz Abstinence has historically been the dominant approach internationally for tackling drug dependence, however, the emergence of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s led to new approaches...

C. Seppings Despite the current range of rehabilitation and reintegration programs, more than 55% of the prison population returns. Claire Seppings, funded and supported by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust has undertaken a fact-finding visit to the UK, Ireland, Sweden...

C. Seppings Despite the current range of rehabilitation and reintegration programs, more than 55% of the prison population returns. Claire Seppings, funded and supported by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust has undertaken a fact-finding visit to the UK, Ireland, Sweden...

Danielle Arlanda Harris San Jose State University, CA United States, danielleharris@gmail.com Desistance refers to the de-escalation or cessation of offending. For two centuries it has been observed by criminologists as a natural human process for the majority of those who break...

Danielle Arlanda Harris San Jose State University, CA United States, danielleharris@gmail.com Desistance refers to the de-escalation or cessation of offending. For two centuries it has been observed by criminologists as a natural human process for the majority of those who break...

D. Johns University of Melbourne, School of Social & Political Sciences, diana.johns@unimelb.edu.au Release from prison is typically disorienting, disruptive, uncertain, risky. Supporting people’s post-prison transitions towards desistance – and ultimately ‘reintegration’ – requires specialist skill, understanding and persistence. It often involves a...

D. Johns University of Melbourne, School of Social & Political Sciences, diana.johns@unimelb.edu.au Release from prison is typically disorienting, disruptive, uncertain, risky. Supporting people’s post-prison transitions towards desistance – and ultimately ‘reintegration’ – requires specialist skill, understanding and persistence. It often involves a...