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Scottish Association for the Study of Offending

42nd Annual Conference "The impact of Europe on Criminal Justice in Scotland"

"The impact of Europe on Criminal Justice in Scotland" 18th and 19th November 2011 Dunblane Hydro Hotel

 Speakers:
  • Margaret Smith, Criminal Justice Authorities (CJAs) National Co-ordinator and colleague.
  • Former SASO Chair (now Honorary Vice President) Professor Alec Spencer
  • Lord Brodie QC
  • Professor Estella Baker
  • Olivier Tell, Head of Procedural Criminal Law, DG Justice, European Commission
  • Carole Wilkinson, Chair, Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
  • Lord Hope of Craighead
  • John Scott QC
  • Professor Sonja Snacken, Professor of Criminology and Sociology at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and Ghent University
  • Professor Tony Kelly, solicitor and visiting professor in Human Rights, University of Strathclyde
  • Closing address by Kenny MacAskill MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice.

Panel discussion Rona Sweeney, Director of Prisons, SPS, Ruth McQuaid, Area Procurator Fiscal for Dumfries and Galloway, COPFS, Chief Supt. Paul Main, ACPOS Solicitor Access Implementation Team, Professor Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow, discuss the changes, accommodations and implications of the ECHR (and the UK Supreme Court) on criminal justice agencies in Scotland.

Networking over tea and sandwiches. Margaret Small (Honorary Secretary) and Irene Cameron (Administrator) at the registration table. Margaret Smith, Criminal Justice Authorities (CJAs) National Co-ordinator and colleague.

In November 2011, a group of postgraduate students from the MRes Criminology, the MSC Criminology and Criminal Justice, and the MSc Transnational Crime, Justice and Security programmes at the University of Glasgow had the opportunity to attend the annual Scottish Association for the Study of Offending (SASO) Conference held in Dunblane, Scotland and their report is also attached.

Attachments:
Access this URL (http://www.sastudyoffending.org.uk/dunblane2011scott.pdf)Lecture[John Scott QC - Criminal Law in Scotland post-Cadder: are human rights really coming home?]91 kB
Access this URL (http://www.sastudyoffending.org.uk/dunblane2011hopescwebsite_speech.pdf)Lecture[Lord Hope of Craighead,Impact of Europe on Criminal Justice in Scotland: The role of the UK Supreme Court.]97 kB
Access this URL (http://www.sastudyoffending.org.uk/dunblane2011carolewilkinson.mp3)Audio[Carole Wilkinson, Chair, Scottish Children's Reporter Administration]29847 kB
Access this URL (http://www.sastudyoffending.org.uk/dunblane2011oliviertell.mp3)Audio[M. Olivier Tell - Head of Procedural Criminal Law, DG Justice, European Commission]34748 kB
Access this URL (http://www.sastudyoffending.org.uk/dunblane2011estellabaker.mp3)Audio[Professor Baker]36980 kB
Download this file (dunblane2011estellabaker.pdf)Lecture[Professor Estella Baker - European criminal justice jigsaw and its relevance to Scotland]204 kB
Download this file (01_dunblane2011introtolordbrodie.mp3)Audio[Prof Alec Spencer opening and introducing Lord Brodie as chair.]2396 kB
Download this file (sasodunblane2011finalprogramme.pdf)Programme 2011[ ]70 kB

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