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

The Joint Conference on Network around Juvenile Offenders - Triin Edovald, 185 kB

Exploring social reactions towards juvenile crime.
Dr Timo Harrikari, University of Helsinki, Department of Social Policy, Finland.

The Joint Conference on Network around Juvenile Offenders - Timo Harrikari (text), 64 kB 

The Joint Conference on Network around Juvenile Offenders - Timo Harrikari (Power Point Presentation), 1115 kB
 

The experiences about reforming the juvenile justice system in UK.
Chris Wright, Home Office, Youth Justice Board, the Head of Performance.

The Joint Conference on Network around Juvenile Offenders - Chris Wright, 330 kB 

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 Joint Conference on Network around Juvenile Offenders - Tom Arnkil, 326 kB 

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

The Joint Conference on Network around Juvenile Offenders - Kadi Kalmus (in Estonian), 39 kB
 

”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.

The Joint Conference on Network around Juvenile Offenders - Anette Larson ja Danijela Tesan, 32 kB