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11 October 2018
Seminar: Collaborating to shape the future of sentencing research – Innovation and impact
The Sentencing Council and the Centre for the Study of Legal Professional Practice, City Law School, invite you to a seminar on Wednesday 7 November 2018. This one-day event will explore how sentencing researchers, academics and the Council can work together more closely on areas of mutual interest.
To book a free place, please contact: research@sentencingcouncil.gov.uk
Wednesday 7 November 2018
The Atkin Building Lecture Theatre, The City Law School, City, University of London, 4 Gray’s Inn Place, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5DX
Hosted by the City Law School’s Centre for the Study of Legal Professional Practice
Programme
09:30 – 10:00 | Arrival and coffee |
10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, City, University of London |
10:10 – 10:20 | Keynote speech: Current priorities for the Sentencing Council Lord Justice Holroyde, Chairman of the Sentencing Council |
10:20 – 10:45 | The work of the Sentencing Council and the Analysis and Research Team Ruth Pope, Amber Isaac and Sarah Poppleton, Office of the Sentencing Council |
10:45 – 11:45 | Panel 1
Evaluation of the Sentencing Council sexual offences guideline The MoJ GPS pilot evaluation Facilitated by Dr Alpa Parmar, University of Oxford and Member of the Sentencing Council |
11:45 – 12:05 | Coffee |
12:05 – 13:30 | Panel 2
Comparing the impacts of short-term custody and community sentences Drunk and doubly deviant? The role of gender and intoxication in sentencing assault offences Addiction and choice: the role of perceived choice in the sentencing of addicted offenders Facilitated by Professor Julian Roberts, University of Oxford |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 – 15:45 | Panel 3
Sentencing for multiple versus single offences Algorithmic risk tools in Sentencing Processes Decision tree models as a tool of quantitative sentencing research Facilitated by Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, City, University of London |
15:45 – 16:25 | Future collaboration between the academic community and the Sentencing Council
Update on the Sentencing Academy Selling impact and getting impact: A great strategy to secure funding Facilitated by Dr Alpa Parmar, University of Oxford and Member of the Sentencing Council |
16:25 – 16:30 | Close
Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, City, University of London |
A space has been reserved at a local bar for the evening; all are welcome.