The Irish Prison Reform Trust (IPRT) is hosting a one-day conference on "Shifting Focus: From Criminal Justice to Social Justice - Reinvesting in Better and Safer Communities" on Thursday 23 September 2010.
The conference will hear from leading Irish and international speakers, who will address the social and economic dimensions of crime, and explore the theory and practice of how interventions can be designed to achieve effective results.
The three key questions which the conference will address are:
- How can justice policy be more integrated in wider social policy?
- How can service providers invest in long-term strategies to achieve their objectives?
- Can political commitment to long-term prevention strategies be achieved?
Speakers confirmed include Lesley McAra of Edinburgh University, Professor Pat Dolan of NUI Galway, Nick Frost of Leeds Metropolitan University, and Dr. Paul O'Mahony of Trinity College, Dublin. Organisations currently designing and delivering effective interventions in the community will also present at the Conference, and a panel of leading politicians will explore how academic knowledge about what works in building stronger communities can be translated into meaningful political action.
For more information on the conference, please click here.