Our relationship with justice is complex. Justice and the systems for delivering (criminal) justice are often criticised but rarely is there a credible, achievable challenge to the status quo proposed: most want to tinker around the edges. We are witnessing a global climate of mistrust and challenge to the establishment, political elites as well as justice leadership. The time is right to consider the way we do justice and what we want the justice system to achieve.
The conference will shine a light on seemingly intransigent aspects of justice systems including what equality and legitimacy mean 50 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King and why prison is still so central to justice responses to crime. It will also seek to develop thinking on the changing dynamics of crime with the increasing prominence of cybercrime and fraud but also the impact of the changing nature of public discourse, with the rise of social media, on justice debates.
This conference seeks to bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners from within the criminological and legal disciplines but we are also keen to include contributions located within areas of study including philosophy, geography, political science and economics.
Parallel sessions
The two-day Redesigning Justice conference at Keble College, Oxford, will bring together academics, policy makers and practitioners in panel discussions where research will be presented on topics such as:
Crime control and diversion
Terrorism and counter-terrorism
The politics of justice
Policing practice and culture
Courts and sentencing
Youth justice
Imprisonment and penal policy
Probation and supervision
Innovation and justice
Restorative justice
International justice and comparative criminology
Gender, race and the criminal justice system
