Victims of Crime Conference 2008

This section includes all conference presentations for which Victim Support Service has permission to publish. The presentations are displayed in the order that they appeared at the conference. (These presentations can also be ordered on CD by sending an email to Victim Support Service).

A DVD of the interview with Judith Herman is available to delegates who attended the National Victims of Crime Conference in Adelaide free of charge, on request, and is limited to one copy per delegate. All other individuals and organisations can purchase the DVD for $20.00 by forwarding a cheque or money order, made payable to Victim Support Service, to our Adelaide office.

The Conference Booklet is also available for your convenience.

Two Flinders University students, Anna Fulwood and Ashlee Borgkvist, wrote reviews of the presentations they attended. Please click here to view their reviews.

DAY 1 - TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2008

Aboriginal Welcome - Lowitja O'Donoghue AC, CBE

Where do they belong? Giving victims a place in the criminal justice process - Dr Jo-Anne Wemmers

Federal Victims' Policy - The Way Ahead - Dr Karl Alderson

Concurrent Session 1

• Crime victims or injured workers? 'Conceptual confusion' & its consequences for victims of violent workplace crime - Paul Marks
• Victim Services Delivery - Contemporary Police Models - Dr Dean Wilson & Dr Marie Segrave

Concurrent Session 2

• Aboriginal Conferencing in Port Lincoln - Restorative Processes in Aboriginal Communities - Eric Kasearu & Terrence Wilson
• What do victims of crime want & why don't they get it? A procedural justice analysis of crime victims' experiences in the criminal justice system - Dr Stuart Ross, A/Prof Jeanette Lawrence & Robyn Holder (Presentation or Notes)

Concurrent Session 3

• Need assessment & access to victim services within the criminal justice system from a comparative perspective: the Netherlands vs. Enaglnd & Wales - Sandra Reynaers
• Recent reforms to victims rights & the emerging new criminal trial - Dr Tyrone Kirchengast
• "More than windmills and four-wheel drives", an interagency perspective on responding to crime in rural areas - Victim Support Service Regional Services Team

Concurrent Session 4

• Talking about childhood sexual abuse: responding to disclosure & help-seeking - Dr Jan Breckenridge (presented by Jodie Sloan)
• Crime prevention, restorative justice & victim support: extra tools in the toolbox? - Leigh Garrett & Andrew Paterson

Concurrent Session 5

• Policing from the victims perspective: turning legislation into practice - Tina Kallifidas
• Lok Adalats & victim justice in India - Dr Beulah Shekhar (Presentation or Notes)
• The effectiveness of referral protocols: Mildura Victims Assistance & Counselling Program with police in North Western Victoria - Karen Martin (Presentation or Notes)

Less Law, More Order: Leading Boldly to Reduce Victimisation - The Pathway Forward - Dr Irvin Waller

Victims of White Collar Crime - Dr Rick Sarre

Protecting the Vulnerable - Integrated Responses to the Victimisation of Young People - Jennifer Duncan (Presentation or Notes)

Victim Support in Australasia - A Road Map for the Future - Robyn Holder

DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2008

Rape & attrition in  the legal process: a comparative analysis of five countries - Prof Kathleen Daly & Brigitte Bouhours

Morning Concurrent Session 1

• Victim-offender Mediation - Reparative Mediation - Naomi Carter
• Victims & Youth Justice Conferencing - Maryann Hearn & Julie Reidy

Morning Concurrent Session 2

• Judith Herman's 'Stages of Recovery': up close & personal - Claudia Schiek
• Enabling Justice - Margaret Camilleri (Presentation or Notes)

Morning Concurrent Session 3

• Why am I acting this way?: the psychological aftermath of a violent murder - Helen Fielke & Peter Stroud
• Investigating Domestic Violence Related Homicides  - Dr Charmaine Power & Dr Elspeth McInnes

So What Now: Here's a Few Ideas - Michael O'Connell

Afternoon Concurrent Session 1

• Victim participation in sentencing: a challenge to the requirements of due process in the courtroom? - Tracey Booth

Afternoon Concurrent Session 2

• Understanding of the Criminal Justice System & Domestic Violence - Elaine Lloyd, Pam Kaye & Julie Felus

Afternoon Concurrent Session 3

• Shifting the focus; acknowledging the rights of victims of mentally ill offenders through legislative change - Jay Hendricks

The conference is receiving Patronage from key identities in the criminal justice area including:

• Michael O'Connell - SA Commissioner for Victims' Rights
• Vanessa Swan - Director, Yarrow Place Rape & Sexual Assault Service
• Commissioner Mal Hyde - SA Police
• Robyn Holder - Chair, Victim Support Australasia
• Professor Rick Sarre - University of South Australia
• Peter Severin - Chief Executive, Department for Correctional Services
• Zoe Morrison