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7th Annual Community Justice Portal Lecture
'Managing offenders in the community - everyone's solution, no-one's job'
Thursday 14 May 2009, 6pm
We are pleased to invite you to the 7th Annual Community Justice Portal Public Lecture by Paul Hayes, CEO of the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.
For further details and to reserve your free place at this event, please visit www.cjp.org.uk/lecture/.
Community Justice Portal re-launch
The Hallam Centre for Community Justice celebrated the re-launch of the Community Justice Portal (CJP) at the start of September 2008.
The Portal (www.cjp.org.uk) was first launched at Sheffield Hallam University in September 2002 by Hilary Benn MP.
Its aim was to provide a 'one stop shop' to bring together details of the latest news, publications and events relevant to professionals, policy makers, commentators, academics and students in the community justice sector.
New features of the portal include
- a community justice directory
- an online soap-box, Portal Reflections, giving users space to air their views
- the Hallam Criminology Society Student Journal
Boasting a much more flexible platform to develop the University's information services, and offering an Executive membership package to bring individuals together to share their thinking, the HCCJ is delighted to relaunch the CJP with the help of this new technology.
Professor Paul Senior, director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice at Sheffield Hallam said, 'We are very excited about the re-launch of the Community Justice Portal.
'We see the Portal as a one stop shop for the latest news and information exchange. It is an interactive space where professionals, policy makers and commentators can share their thinking in the pursuit of a just and fair criminal justice system.'
> Visit the Community Justice Portal
'Changing the Dynamic' - Ministry of Justice
On Friday 11 July 2008, at a conference organised by NOMS SW and the Ministry of Justice, the Hallam Centre for Community Justice presented the findings of a year long evaluation of the South West Accommodation Gateway (SWAG) pilot. The pilot (managed by NOMS SW) established three Gateways, in Dorset, Plymouth and Bristol, with the aim of reducing re-offending by tackling homelessness of offenders in the community and on release from custody.
The evaluation findings were presented to an audience of delegates, including representatives from Ministry of Justice, NOMS, Probation and Prison Service and representatives from local authorities, housing providers and the voluntary sector.
Commenting on the evaluation, HCCJ's Linda Meadows, Project Manager of the Evaluation and co-author of the report, said 'the SWAG pilot has demonstrated the value of the Gateway model in providing joined up and streamlined services to improve offenders' access to accommodation. The strategic significance of establishing the Gateways has potentially changed the dynamic in this area forever.'
> Download executive summary (PDF 181KB)
> Download full report (PDF 581KB)
Think-tank targets change in prostitution policy
A national think-tank is aiming to shape Government policy on prostitution, by giving women that work in the sex trade a voice. The fifth and final in a series of seminars to influence prostitution policy nationally and internationally takes place in London on 16 May 2007. Full story
Hallam Centre for Community Justice Response to 'From Punishment to Problem Solving'
The Hallam Centre for Community Justice recently submitted a response to the consultation document 'From Punishment to Problem Solving: A New Approach to Children in Trouble' - written by Rob Allen and published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
The response drew together academics and researchers working in the field of youth justice from the Hallam Centre for Community Justice at Sheffield Hallam University.
Download the full response here (PDF 538KB)
Share your Moment in Probation with us
One of our most ambitious projects of the Century of Probation is to post a 'Moment in Probation', written by a probation commentator, on the Community Justice Portal every day during 2007 more...
Simon Feasey contributes to BBC Radio Sheffield show
Simon Feasey, Principal Lecturer in Criminology and Deputy Director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice at Sheffield Hallam University, was an invited contributor to the Rony Robinson show on BBC Radio Sheffield, on Tuesday 7 November, the day Home Secretary Dr John Reid announced a review of Bail Hostels in light of a BBC Panorama documentary to be screened on Wednesday 8 November.
Download the transcript (PDF 36KB)
Street talking
While it may be largely hidden from view, the illegal sex trade in the UK is certainly substantial. Moving on from the archetypal notion of women picking up business on the street, the spotlight is now also focused on the plight of those who have arrived from outside the UK - some as children - and been forced to work behind closed doors. more...
New think-tank targets change in prostitution policy
A new national think-tank is aiming to shape Government policy on prostitution, by giving women that work in the sex trade a voice. more...
