[csaa-forum] Unrequited Justice colloquium, Macquarie University, 30th November

Nadine Ehlers nehlers at netspace.net.au
Thu Nov 25 17:17:14 CST 2004


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From: "Deborah Staines" <Deborah.Staines at scmp.mq.edu.au>
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Subject: [csaa-forum] Unrequited Justice colloquium, Macquarie
University,30th November


> UNREQUITED JUSTICE
>
> The Department of Critical and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University,
> presents Unrequited Justice - a colloquium on the criminalisation of
> targeted youth groups and the failures of the juvenile justice system.
> The keynote speakers will be Ray Jackson, President, Indigenous Social
> Justice Association, and Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner,
> Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
>
> Unrequited Justice will address a number of critical juvenile justice
> and social justice issues, including:
> - racialisation of crime, with particular focus on criminalisation of
> Indigenous youth and Arab-Australian youth
> - criminalisation of refugee children and youth because of Australia's
> policy of mandatory detention
> - criminalisation of youth with mental illness and homeless youth
> - cultural politics of media representations based on racial profiling
> of targeted youth groups
> - issues of juvenile justice that remain unresolved and institutionally
> unaddressed
> - practices of policing, criminalisation and incarceration of youth
> that result in travesties of law and justice
>
> Date: Tuesday 30 November 2004
> Venue: Yerbury Room, SAM Function and Conference Centre, Macquarie
> University
>
> Colloquium website:
> http://www.ccs.mq.edu.au/justice
>
> As the colloquium will be catered for, please RSVP by Friday 19
> November 2004 to:
> Dr. Deborah Staines
> Research Project Manager
> Department of Critical and Cultural Studies
> Macquarie University
> North Ryde, NSW 2109
> AUSTRALIA
> E: Deborah.Staines at scmp.mq.edu.au
> P: +61 2 9850 8980
> W: http://www.ccs.mq.edu.au/staff_dstaines.html
>
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