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Tackling Hatred Head On: Working with Hate Crime Offenders and Extremism

Conference Overview

Date

Tuesday, 21 September, 2010

Time

9.15 to 4.45 (registration from 8.15)

Location

Middlesex University’s Hendon Campus in North London.
 
Middlesex University
The Burroughs
London NW4 4BT

Conference Overview

Changes in legislation and practice have led to a significant rise in the numbers of convicted Hate Crime Offenders. We have also seen a rise in the numbers of “TACT” or “radicalised” offenders sentenced since the 2006 amendments to the Terrorism Act of 2000. Working with both Hate Crime and TACT offenders poses new challenges to criminal justice professionals.
 
This conference will bring together the latest research, practice and policy relating to each group of offenders.  Topics will explore the nature of these two types of offending, considering connections between them and the challenges presented to offender management and intervention. By considering ways to intervene with Hate Crimes Offenders and with TACT offenders, we will bring together two inter-related strands of work, recognising the need for agencies and organisations to develop effective partnerships, and identify challenges, trends, and future directions in tackling hate crime and extremism.

For additional information on this past conference, please see:

• Conference Presentations
• Conference Programme  
• Speaker Information
• Conference Flyer (2 MB)  

Speakers

Confirmed speakers include:

Tore Bjørgo, Norwegian Police University College
Paul Iganski, Lancaster University
Basia Spalek, University of Birmingham
Shadd Maruna, Queen's University, Belfast

Panelists:

Sarah Isal, Runnymede Trust
Pat Conway, Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
Alison Saunders, Crown Prosecution Service
Debbie Gupta, Prevent and RICU Lead, Home Office

Workshops from:

Alyas Karmani, STREET UK - Strategy To Reach, Empower & Educate Teenagers
Dev Barrah, Greenwich Council for Racial Equality
Gary Manders, University of Birmingham, & David Court, London Probation Trust
Elena Noel, Southwark Mediation, Liz Dixon, London Probation Trust & Mark Walters, University of Oxford
Hanif Qadir, Active Change Foundation
Harald Weilnböck, Violence Prevention Network
Chris Dean, National Offender Management Service
Paul Giannasi, Ministry of Justice & Association of Chief Police Officers 

This conference has been planned in partnership with London Probation Trust.