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An Agenda for a New Government

On the 10th March the Criminal Justice Alliance held a conference entitled An Agenda for a New Government offering the opportunity to review what is effective and to recommend potential solutions for the new government to consider in order to achieve a fairer and more effective criminal justice system. This one day conference focused on developing ideas and messages for the new government looking in particular at desistance approaches, problem solving courts and Justice reinvestment. Speakers included:

  • Sir Alan Beith MP , Chair of the Justice Committee
  • Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms, University of Cambridge
  • Phil Bowen, Director, Centre for Justice Innovation
  • Penelope Gibbs, Director, Transform Justice
  • Nick Hardwick CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
  • Tapio Lappi-Seppälä, Director, National Research Institute of Legal Policy,  Helsink
  • Richard Monkhouse JP, Chair of the Magistrates Association
  • Nicola Padfield University of Cambridge
  • Professor Lawrence Sherman, University of Cambridge