Archive for July, 2008
Anti Social Behaviour Orders - Newsletter 42
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008This week’s newsletter sets out what Vivian Stern describes as “a gloomy scenario”. She sums it up this way:
“More people pushed into social exclusion and defined as „risky‟. More responses that are based on surveillance and control. Less use of traditional methods of social control through building social cohesion, setting up mutual associations and co-operatives, […]
Prisoners and Employment - Newsletter 41
Monday, July 28th, 2008“A Second Chance” for Released Prisoners. The Department of Corrections investment in job training and work readiness is paying off, with more released prisoners ‘work ready’.
What should happen next? Does society need to ensure that the initial investment is not wasted, and do what it can to support those prisoners who want to change their […]
Victims and Justice - Newsletter 40
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Why is it that the key personalities deny the effectiveness of restorative justice. Garth McVicar has referred to it as a “failed social experiment” and that it doesn’t work. Visiting author, David Fraser, claimed in his book “A Land Fit for Criminals” that there was no evidence to show that restorative justice worked , and […]
Creating Criminals - the Impact of the Organised Crime Bill on Youth Gangs - Newsletter 39
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008What do you think of Vivien Stern’s view of how we create criminals? Do you buy into the notion that people who offend, have often been victims themselves, and that their anti-social behaviour is a product of earlier victimisation? Is the Organised Crime Bill likely to have unintended consequences? Do you think enforcement is the […]