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Monday, 20 June 2016 - 2.00pm

The Institute of Criminology, University of CambridgeSpeaker: Vivian Geiran, Director of the Irish Probation Service

19th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture: Penal Reform and Probation in Europe: Positive Change of Direction, 'Nudges to the Rudder' or 'Steady as She Goes'?

1.00pm Registration/Light refreshments (Atrium, Faculty of Law)

2.00pm Penal Reform and Probation in Europe to be given by Vivian Geiran (LG18, Faculty of Law). Vivian is Director, since August 2012, of the Irish Probation Service, an agency of the Department of Justice and Equality, providing offender assessment and probation supervision programmes to around 10,000 offenders in the community and in the country’s 14 prisons, every day. Responsible for the management of 395 Service staff, and an annual budget of €38 million, he is also a member of the Department of Justice and Equality Management Board, the Parole Board, the (Irish) Penal Policy Review Group, President of the Council of Europe’s Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP), and Co-Chair of the (Cross-Border/North-South) Public Protection and Registered Offenders Advisory Group. Vivian is a registered social worker, with master’s degrees in social work (UCD) and social studies (TCD), as well as a diploma in leadership and management (ILM).

3.00pm Response and Discussion

4.00pm Tea and coffee (5.00pm End of event)

BOOKING ESSENTIAL To book a place please contact: Joanne Garner on 01223 335360 OR jf225@cam.ac.uk

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