Day/time: Thursday 21st November (16.30-18.30)
Venue: Arbitration Rooms, Distillery Building, Church St, Dublin 7.
Refreshments: A wine reception will follow the event.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust and the Irish Criminal Bar Association are delighted to co-host a seminar on Developing Youth Justice: 18-24s in the Criminal Justice System on Thursday 21st November 2019 from 4.30-6.30pm in the Distillery Building (Arbitration Room), Church Street, Dublin 7.
Since 2014, IPRT has campaigned for alternative and nuanced approaches to addressing offending by young people aged 18-24. International evidence finds that most people ‘age-out’ of criminal activity in their late 20s. Young adults are more responsive to rehabilitative measures than older adults – but the wrong interventions, including having to disclose convictions, can limit opportunities and deepen offending behaviour. Alternative sentencing and policy approaches are needed.
Internationally, there has been increasing focus on transitions into adulthood as an opportunity for positive change, with an acknowledgement that brain development and maturity continues well beyond adolescence. It is in highlighting this awareness that has inspired our event.
This seminar will examine the need for a discrete approach for 18-24 year olds in the criminal justice system, with focus on sentencing, alternatives to prison, and the Criminal Justice (Rehabilitative Periods) Bill 2018, which seeks to extend current spent convictions legislation for young people.
Speakers will include:
More information about the speakers is available here.
To RSVP, please reply to Lorraine at info@iprt.ie Please note that capacity is limited at the venue, so early registration is advised.
This event carries CPD points for both solicitors and barristers (group study, 2 hours).
For queries about CPD certs, please contact info@iprt.ie.