child protection workshop

The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society Bridging the gap between academia and policy makers

Foresight and Evidential Reasoning in Child Protection Cases 28th May 2010 Workshop Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Manor Road Building University of Oxford Foresee-ability in child protection: This interdisciplinary workshop examines the psychological, legal, philosophical, practical, and policy debates central to the role of intent in child protection cases. Organisers: Dr. Michelle Cowley and Dr. Sonia Macleod, in association with the ESRC and the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society.

High profile cases, such as the Baby P case, raised genuine concerns about how evidence of foresee-ability may be key to preventing devastating outcomes for children. Data from three large-scale studies examining how juror members of the public attribute responsibility for familial homicide cases are reported. Evidence & Baby Peter: Prior conviction evidence and child protection

Invited speakers: Chief Constable Paul West of West Mercia Police (New Sarah’s Law Pilot). Barrister Andrew Pote 13 King’s Bench Walk. The ‘cause or allow’ offence (F. Homicide, 2004)

Invited speaker: Dr. Barbara Esam (NSPCC cause or allow legislation debate). Dr. Chris Beckett (Social Work Child Protection Expert, Anglia Ruskin) ESRC Policy Report “Foresee-ability and Evidential Reasoning in Child Protection Cases’ will be available August 2010 (ESRC funded and supported by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society).

Of interest to: Legal psychology, policy, legal philosophy, and practitioners at law: all welcome. There are three panels: o

‘Prior conviction evidence in court and Sarah’s Law: If only we’d known…’

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‘The ‘cause or allow’ offence and Baby P: The problem of intervention’

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‘General Discussion’

Register by May 25th 2010. E-mail and cheque to Dr. Michelle Cowley, CSLS Oxford University. [email protected] CPD: This workshop is accredited as 6.5 hours CPD for barristers and solicitors Registration fee: £15 for students and Oxford University members, £30 for external delegates.

Registration details: http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/conferences/csls_foresight/index.php