'Faith and Criminal Justice'
The Crime & Justice Research Group will be hosting a one day free conference on 15th May on 'Faith and Criminal Justice' at London South Bank University.
10.00: Coffee & Registration
10.30: Welcome and Introduction (Marisa Silvestri, CJRG)
10.40: Setting the scene: ‘Faith and criminal justice in the UK’
Kerry Baker (CJRG, London South Bank University)
10.55-11.50: The impact of religious belief on individual behaviour
Kim Sadique (De Montfort University)
‘The Effect of Religion on Crime and Delinquency: Hellfire in the 21st Century.’
Giulia Conto (University of Cambridge)
‘Trusting the Untrustworthy: the theology, practice and implications of faith-based volunteers’ work with ex-prisoners’
11.50-12.05 Coffee
12.05-1.10: Faith based service provision
Phil Chadder (Chaplain, Brixton Prison)
‘The role of prison chaplains in 21st century prisons’
Keith Porteous Wood (Executive Director, National Secular Society)
‘Prisoners should be neither privileged nor disadvantaged by their religion or non-belief’
1.10-1.50: Lunch
1.50-2.45: Faith based service provision
Tim Rosier (Head of Outreach, Reflex)
‘The distinctiveness of faith-based groups in facilitating desistance from crime – challenges and opportunities’
Yasmin Rehman (Chief Executive at Greenwich Inclusion Project)
‘Faith based service provision: inclusion and community cohesion’
2.45-3.30 Religion and the foundations of criminal justice
Philip Whitehead (Teesside University)
'On the moral economy of criminal justice: Assembling the intellectual resources'
Discussion
3.30: Coffee/End
