The Cooperation Network around the Juvenile Offenders, Tallinn, Estonia 2005
Conference themes
The conference will be organized by the Estonian Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the Finnish Crime Prevention Council. The conference will address the topic of the cooperation network around the juvenile offenders.
Objectives of the conference
- create the common understanding of the essence and necessity of the cooperation network around juvenile offenders;
- exchange of information and best practice;
- facilitate cooperation among the professionals and foster the establishment of cooperation networks.
The first part of the day will focus on theoretical approach concerning the cooperation network and the overview from the researchers will be presented. The second part of the day will focus more on the best practice, the cases of effective cooperation networks will be introduced. The speakers from Estonia, Finland, Sweden and UK will introduce and share their experiences during the conference.
The conference brings together the professionals from Estonian and Finnish juvenile justice system (police, prosecutor office, courts, and probation service), child protection services, social services, educators, policy makers and researchers.
Presentations
Ecological perspective in working with young offenders.
Triin Edovald, University of Oxford, Graduate Research Student
Exploring social reactions towards juvenile crime.
Dr Timo Harrikari, University of Helsinki, Department of Social Policy, Finland.
The experiences about reforming the juvenile justice system in UK.
Chris Wright, Home Office, Youth Justice Board, the Head of Performance.
Network dialogues in worrying situations. How to enhance co-operation in between clients, their personal networks and multi-professional networks.
Dr Tom Erik Arnkil, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Finland.
The cooperation between Juvenile Commissions, Prosecutors Office and Police Prefecture to tackle the juvenile problems in Pärnu Kadi Kalmus, senior expert of educational department of Pärnu City Government
”Turning Point for Children through Parents” City of Gothenburg, Bergsjön. Anette Larsson, leading social worker and Danijela Tesan, a child protection officer at the family services unit.
