“Effective and Humane”: Restorative and Māori Justice Approaches to the Prison Crisis

Wellington 24-25 October 2018

Submissions

The deadline for paper submissions has been extended to 25 May 2018.

Note that before submitting a paper or your bio, you first need to register with this web site.

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Call for papers

We invite you to submit a proposal for a paper presentation (45 minutes) or a workshop (90 minutes). Each session will last 90 minutes and shall include about 30 minutes of discussion. Workshop organisers are encouraged to actively engage their audience.

Applicants will be informed about acceptance of their abstract in June 2018. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference programme.

When submitting your abstract, please indicate which of the following themes best represents the topic of your presentation:

• The use of in-prison restorative justice programmes to support the accountability of detainees and address the needs of victims.
• The development of restorative prisons, with respect to institutional culture, forms of leadership and administration, conflict management practices and connections with whanau, hapū and iwi.
• Approaches to restorative reintegration that can address the multiple levels of restoration required for offenders to deal with the past and re-enter society successfully.
• The relationship between restorative approaches and Te Ao Māori, with a particular focus on justice concerns and offender reintegration.