LEPH2012 - Program
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| DAY 1: SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2012 | |
| 5.00 – 7.00 pm | Welcome Reception Location: The Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne, Swanston Street, Carlton |
| DAY 2: MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2012 | ||||
| 8.30 – 9.00 am | Welcome to the Conference Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Welcome to country Introductions |
Professor Nick Crofts, Conference Director A Wurundjeri Elder The Lord Mayor of Melbourne Professor Graham Brown AM, Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne Warwick Jones, Director, Australian Institute of Police Management |
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| 9.00 – 10.20 am | Plenary P1: Setting the scene Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Chair Warwick Jones, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Police Management |
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| Deputy Commissioner Lucinda Nolan, Victoria Police: The partnership in Victoria – the police view | ||||
| Professor Chris Brook PSM, Executive Director, Wellbeing, Integrated Care and Ageing Division, Victorian Department of Health: The partnership in Victoria – the view from health | ||||
| Cr Geoff Gough, Vice-President, Municipal Association of Victoria: The partnership in Victoria - The role of local government | ||||
| 10.20 – 10.40 am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 10.40 – 12.00 pm | Plenary P2: Exploring the role of police Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Session supporter: The Transport Accident Commission Chair Jon White, CEO, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency |
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| Professor James Ogloff, Director of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University: Principles and opportunities in developing enhanced strategies for policing people with mental illnesses | ||||
| Professor Mark Stevenson, Director of the Monash University Accident Research Centre The road to success: road policing and public health |
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| Commissioner Andrew Scipione APM, NSW Commissioner of Police Regulating alcohol, minimising the damage: the police role in the public health partnership |
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| 12.00 – 12.15 pm | Commentary: Jon White, CEO, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency | |||
| 12.15 – 1.00 pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1.00 – 1.55 pm | Plenary P3: Conference Keynote Address Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the US Government’s Office of National Drug Control Policy Breaking down silos: uniting public health and law enforcement to pioneer a 21st century approach to drug policy Co-chairs Professor Nick Crofts, Director, Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health & Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne School of Population Health Warwick Jones, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Police Management |
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| 2.00 – 3.30 pm | Major session M1 | Major session M2 | Major session M3 | MoI 1: The Marketplace of Ideas |
| Mental Health 1. The role of police in the management of people in acute psychiatric distress Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Session Convener: Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University Session objective: To explore how police best work with mental health services Chair: Professor Duncan Chappell, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Criminology in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney Presenters:
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Sex work and the police Location: The Russell Love Theatrette Session Conveners: Resourcing Health and Education in the Sex Industry (RhED) and the Nossal Institute for Global Health Session objective: To explore the ways police can best support public health programs for sex workers in a criminalised environment Chair: Jelena Popovic, Deputy Chief Magistrate, Victoria Presenters:
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Road trauma Location: The J. H. Mitchell Theatre Session Conveners: Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), Monash Injury Research Institute (MIRI) Session Supporter: Transport Accident Commission Session objective: To answer the question: “Do Police, as public health actors, get credit for their contribution?” Chair: Professor Max Cameron Presenters:
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Sponsored by  Location: YHM Room 2.00 - 2.30 pm Title: Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEA CLE) Presenter: Bruce A. Lasky, Co-founder/Co-director, BABSEA CLE BABSEA CLE will provide insight on the way university clinical legal education programmes can collaborate in the area of policing and public health. This will include specific examples of a number of clinical legal education models including those focusing on pre-trial detention/bail release programmes. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.30 - 3.00 pm Title: Operation Newstart Presenter: Phil Wheatley, Executive Officer, Operation Newstart Victoria Research shows that if youth are engaged in education then the risk of involvement with the criminal justice system is reduced and health and social outcomes are markedly improved. Operation Newstart seeks to re-engage ‘at risk’ youth who demonstrate truancy, contact with police, emerging mental health issues, experimentation with alcohol and other drugs, family conflict and an unstable peer group. Independent evaluations have shown significant achievements for the program. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.00 - 3.30 pm Title: Gang violence mediation – New Zealand style Presenters: Harry Tam, Te Puni Kokiri, New Zealand. Government and Julia Carr, Senior Policy Analyst, Whanau and Social Policy, New Zealand. Where there is escalating violence between gang-affiliated communities, experienced mediators are required such as credibility and experience. This presentation will discuss the importance of post-resolution (post-interruption) action to move beyond firefighting and into positive pro-social development. Police collaboration in these activities is integral, as is the inclusion of families in the mediation process. This presentation will discuss the mediation of gang violence and measures used to assess its success, including: initial actions, engagement of ‘hard to read’ families with local health services, intermediate indicators such as immunisation of children, cardiovascular risk assessment of adults, whanau ora plans, improved literacy and education opportunities. |
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| 3.30 – 3.50 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 3.50 – 5.20 pm | Major session M4 | Major session M5 | Major session M6 | MoI 2: The Marketplace of Ideas |
| Mental Health 2. Contemporary challenges at the police-mental health interface Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Session Convener: Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University Session objective: To determine how ‘the partnership’ can better handle mental health issues Chair: Superintendent Mick Williams, Victoria Police Presenters
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Local government Location: The J. H. Mitchell Theatre Session Convener: City of Melbourne Session objective: Given that local government bears the brunt of complex social issues: what lessons have been learned? Chair: Dean Griggs, Manager, Community Safety and Wellbeing, City of Melbourne Presenters:
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Turning the tide of HIV: police collaboration with sex workers and drug users in low and middle-income countries Location: The Russell Love Theatrette Session Convener: Law Enforcement and HIV Network (LEAHN) Session objective: Understanding what makes for successful police collaboration with criminalized communities Chair: Dr Nick Thomson, Director, Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health; Honorary Fellow, Nossal Institute for Global Health & Field Director, Johns Hopkins School of Population Health Session details: An examination of the essential elements for successful collaboration between the police and criminalized communities, like sex workers and drug users, in low and middle-income countries. Presenters:
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Sponsored by Location: YHM Room 3.50 - 4.20 pm Title: Road Policing – Impact of road trauma Presenters: Bernadette Nugent and Christine Harrison, Road Trauma Support Services Victoria (RTSSV). RTSSV and Victoria Police have a long standing reciprocal relationship based on education and raising community awareness around road trauma. This program provides an example of how partnerships between organisations can enhance both public health and promote good working relationships between different sectors. Personal stories of people affected by road trauma will be presented. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.20 - 4.50 pm Title: Motor vehicle pursuit fatalities in Australia, 2000 – 2011: National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) Presenter: Mathew Lyneham, Australian Institute for Criminology The National Deaths in Custody Program monitors the circumstances and nature of deaths occurring in motor vehicle pursuits across Australia. In 2012 the Australian Institute of Criminology undertook some collaborative research with police services across Australia which examined fatal motor vehicle pursuits, including their impact on innocent road users, precipitating offences, as well as factors such as speeds reached, prior drug/alcohol consumption and length and location of pursuits. Key findings from this study will be presented and discussed. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.50 - 5.20 pm Title: Joint Investigation Response Team (JIRT) for child sexual and physical assaults Presenters: Matthew Brown, Detective Sergeant, Victoria Police The JIRT project highlights the benefits of co-location of police and Department of Human Services staff to carry out specialist investigations into child, sexual and physical assaults. The presentation will discuss difficulties around working in a co-ordinated team whilst coming from different professional backgrounds. This project will highlight the benefits of a wholistic approach to difficult police investigations. |
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| DAY 3: TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2012 | ||||
| 9.00 – 10.30 am | Plenary P4: The multiple intersections of law enforcement and public health Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Chair Alison Crocket, Senior Adviser, Key populations, UNAIDS, Geneva |
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| Judge Jennifer Coate, State Coroner of Victoria A coroner’s view of the relationship between law enforcement and public health |
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| Professor Scott Burris, Professor of Law at Temple Law School, USA The public health and social work of the police: If we ignore it, will it go away? If we acknowledge it, will anything change?” |
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| Professor Peter D'Abbs, (Presentation Paper) Menzies School of Health Research Alcohol, community action and the role of police: lessons from Northern Territory initiatives'. |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 11.00 – 12.30 pm | Plenary P5: The multiple intersections of law enforcement and public health Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Chair Professor Graham Brown AM, Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne |
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| Assistant Commissioner Dave Cliff, New Zealand Police Police and public health: a New Zealand perspective |
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| Dr Tom Calma, National Coordinator for Tackling Indigenous Smoking | ||||
| Auke van Dijk, Adviser to the Chief of the Amsterdam Police Policies to practice: the Dutch experience |
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| 12.30 – 1.30 pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1.30 – 3.00 pm | Major session M7 | Major session M8 | Major session M9 | MoI 3: The Marketplace of Ideas |
| Suicide prevention Location: The J. H. Mitchell Theatre Session objective: To explore the complex challenges faced by police in the prevention of suicide Chair: Nicole Turner, Law Enforcement and HIV Network (LEAHN) Co-ordinator Presenters:
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Leadership and good practice Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Session Convener: Australian Institute of Police Management Session objective: To explore the concept of leadership as it is taught at the Australian Institute of Police Management. Session details: A broad discussion of contemporary leadership theory and the type of leadership required to influence change. Specifically, an exploration of the type of leadership that will most effectively progress the challenges faced by law enforcement and public health agencies and others as they work together to reduce and manage the increasing demand for these services. Two case studies will be presented describing change introduced and achieved within organisations and jointly with others to improve the health outcomes and futures for people involved as victims and/or offenders. We will identify the leadership that was exercised and that was most effective in terms of influencing. Chair: Superintendent Graham Kent, Australian Institute of Police Management Presenters:
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Public health as crime prevention Location: The Russell Love Theatrette Session Convener: Australian Crime Prevention Council Session objective: To determine the contribution of public health to crime prevention, and how it can be optimized ethically. Chair: Andrew Wilson AM, past National President of the Australian Crime Prevention Council, Auxiliary Judge of the District Court of South Australia and Adjunct Professor of RMIT University Presenters:
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Sponsored by Location: YHM Room 1.30 - 2.00 pm Title: Addressing cannabis use in Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland Presenters: Bernadette Rogerson, Senior Research Officer, James Cook University; Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Goan, Queensland Police Service (attendance to be confirmed); Detective Senior Sergeant Gary Hunter, Queensland Police Service (attendance to be confirmed) Collaboration between JCU and QPS discusses the importance of engaging with the local community and service providers whilst recognising the strengths and limitations of the role of police in limiting harms from cannabis use, including crime prevention strategies. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.00 - 2.30 pm Title: Project Aegis: Addressing the Social Impact of Pharmaceutical Drug Misuse Presenters: Susan Beattie, Senior Project Officer, Queensland Police Service and Corey Allen, Senior Sergeant, Queensland Police Service. The project aims to reduce the misuse of pharmaceutical drugs in Brisbane CBD. The strategy focuses on encouraging a values based approach to vulnerable persons in the CBD to build trust, strengthen relationships, raises the positive profile of police in the support services community, and to improve the personal, problem solving approach of general duties police. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.30 - 3.00 pm Title: Police/health partnership in addressing alcohol and other drugs (AOD) in Footscray (Melbourne) Presenters:Bernadette Suter, Program Manager, Health Works; Joanna Noesgaard, Senior Health and Social Planner, Maribyrnong City Council; Detective Sergeant Peter Bitton, Victoria Police; Acting Detective Sergeant Brendan O'Mahoney, Victoria Police. Discusses the challenges of creating a partnership approach to addressing AOD between organisations with different organisational cultures. Highlights benefits of resource sharing and importance of openness, compromise and understanding the views of others. |
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| 3.00 – 3.30 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 3.30 – 5.00 pm | Major session M10 | Major session M11 | Major session M12 | MoI 4: The Marketplace of Ideas |
| Street level services co-operation Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Session Convener: Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) Session objective: To examine law enforcement policy and operational strategies that enhance health outcomes for individuals and the community Chair: Professor Margaret Hamilton AO, Executive member, ANCD Presenters:
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Policing those putting others at risk of infectious diseases Location: The J. H. Mitchell Theatre Session Convener: Department of Health, Victoria Session objective: To explore the place of the public health law and the criminal law in preventing people placing others at risk of infectious diseases Chair: Dr Rosemary Lester, Chief Health Officer, Health Protection Branch, Department of Health, Victoria Presenters:
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Promoting HIV prevention and public health through law enforcement Location: The Russell Love Theatrette Session Convener: International Development Law Organisation and the Law Enforcement and HIV Network (LEAHN) Session objectives To show the mutual benefits to law enforcement and public health officials of police practices that support public health objectives and respect the rights and integrity of all citizens. To describe the UNAIDS “Investment framework” and the important role that law enforcement plays in achieving an enabling environment in which political targets can be met. To illustrate examples of existing good practice and collaborations between international organisations, civil society and police. Chair: Leo Kenny, Country Co-ordinator, Bangladesh, UNAIDS Presenters:
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Sponsored by Location: YHM Room 3.30 - 4.00 pm Title: Yarra Drug and Health Forum (YDHF) Presenter: Greg Denham, Yarra Drug and Health Forum, Victoria The YDHF has been operating for 16 years and provides a dynamic and consistently informative gathering point and ‘space’ for anyone interested in drug related issues. The effective practices of the program include collaboration and building a coalition of consensus where police and health work together. Stakeholder engagement is important and this is best achieved when the notion of collaboration is ‘operationalised’ for police and health workers. Co-location of police and Alcohol and Other Drug specialists is one example of a successful project to be discussed. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 - 4.30 pm Title: Lifeline's Read the Signs project Presenter: Debbie Knee and John Jones Lifeline is a charitable organisation that provides all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with support and suicide prevention services. In this presentation, Lifeline will talk about the range of support services it is delivering in Australia with specific focus on the programs available in Victoria. Lifeline works in partnership with organisations and communities to promote good mental health among Australians - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.30 - 5.00 pm Title: Local laws preventing violence against women Presenters: Tracey Blythe, Team Leader Health Promotion, City of Casey; Sergeant Nick Svarnias, Victoria Police; Rod Bezanovic, Team Leader Local Laws, City of Casey. City of Casey (Victoria) staff recognised a strong link between the role of local laws officers and the potential for prevention of violence against women. in the past year at least 12 incidents involving local laws officers intervention had indirectly contributed to an act of violence against a woman (eg; dog seizures and resulting assault of a woman resident). By officers changing attitudes and procedures, the safety of women is now at the forefront of all work undertaken. A partnership was strengthened with the local police, local laws and health promotion team within Council. A model was developed to build the capacity of the local laws team to proatively ensure the safety of women and prevent violence or become a referral point for assistance. |
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| 5.00 - 8.15pm | Mad Bastards - a special screening Sponsored by: Justice Reinvestment Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre |
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| 5.00 - 5.30 pm | Refreshments for delegates attending the film screening | |||
| 5.30 - 8.15 pm | A public screening of Mad Bastards with introductions and post-screening commentaries by:
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| DAY 4: WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2012 | ||||
| 9.00 – 10.30 am | Plenary P6: Violence, its impact on health, and its prevention Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Chair Andrew O'Keefe, Chairman, White Ribbon |
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| Karyn McCluskey, Co-Director, Scottish Violence Reduction Unit Doing it differently: a public health approach to tackling violence and gangs in Scotland |
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| Libby Lloyd AM, Chair of the Australian Government's Violence against Women Advisory Group (VAWAG) (2009-2011) Countering domestic violence |
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| Professor Ernie Drucker, Professor Emeritus, Montefiore Medical Center, and Scholar in Residence, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of NY, New York, USA The public health impact of incarceration |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 11.00 – 12.30 pm | Plenary P7: Minorities and the marginalised Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Chair Larry Proud, Director, Strategic Services, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency |
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| Martin Donoghoe, HIV/AIDS, STIs and Viral Hepatitis, Programme Manager for the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe Communicable disease control among marginalized communities |
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| Professor Joachim Kersten, Foundation Professor and Chair of Police Science at the German Police University, Muenster, Germany European perspectives on public health and police-minority relations |
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| Geoff Monaghan, Research Fellow, Semeion Research Center for the Science of Communication, Rome, Italy Policing illicit drugs in a public health environment |
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| 12.30 – 1.30 pm | LUNCH | |||
| 1.30 – 3.00 pm | Major session M13 | Major session M14 | Major session M15 | MoI 5: The Marketplace of Ideas |
| Security and health Location: The J. H. Mitchell Theatre Session objective: To examine whether global health is possible without secure governance Chair: Associate Professor Steve James, Criminology Discipline Chair, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne Presenters:
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Violence prevention Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Session objective: To canvas the range of policies and strategies that may contribute to a reduction in all forms of violent behaviour. Chair: Andrew O'Keefe, Chairman, White Ribbon Presenters:
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Drug detention centres: improving the lives of detainees Location: The Russell Love Theatrette Session objective: To explore the potential of an enhanced police-health partnership in promoting diversion of drug users away from compulsory treatment. Chair: Dr Nick Thomson, Director, Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health; Honorary Fellow, Nossal Institute for Global Health & Field Director, Johns Hopkins School of Population Health Presenters
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Sponsored by Location: YHM Room 1.30 - 2.00 pm Title: The Australian Drug Foundation's Good Sports / Victorian Police partnership Presenters: Rod Glenn-Smith – State Manager Good Sports Victoria and South Australia and Bob Barby – Responsible Serving of Alcohol and Club Liquor Licensing Seminar presenter and former District Inspector, Victoria Police. Good Sports is a national alcohol harm reduction program that strives to make community sporting clubs healthier and safer places. The program supports clubs to introduce policies and practices that create a culture of responsible drinking within the club. Independent research shows that Good Sports helps to reduce alcohol consumption, risky drinking, drink-driving and anti-social behaviour among participating clubs. Good Sports’ success has been established by operating at a grassroots level in partnership with like-minded organisations and by offering practical solutions to real problems. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.00 - 2.30 pm Title: Youth Support Service Presenter: Ipsita Wright, Director Services, Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS). The Youth Support Service creates an early intervention service for young people at risk of entering the youth justice system. The system is based on an exclusive referral process from Victoria Police through a new commercial electronic referral system, SupportLink. The program has provided an integrated health and wellbeing response and diverted many young people from the criminal justice system. Lessons learnt about the rollout of this system state-wide will be discussed. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.30 - 3.00 pm Title: How SupportLink and SANE Australia help police to help others Presenters: Rosario Grasso, Victorian Manager, SupportLink and Yvonne Santen, Manager, SANE Helpline This partnership between police, SupportLink and SANE aims to maximise opportunities for early intervention for vulnerable people with mental health issues. It is a progressive and highly advantageous program for remote, rural, regional and metropolitan communities. The program helps to alleviate a significant proportion of the overload experienced by Emergency Services on a national scale. This program enables SANE to help vulnerable people increase levels of social inclusion and general mental wellbeing. |
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| 3.00 – 3.30 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 3.30 – 4.30 pm | Major session M16 | Major session M17 | MoI 6: The Marketplace of Ideas | |
| Solving Complex Problems: Starting and Sustaining Change Location: The Carrillo Gantner Theatre Session Convener: REOS Partners Chair: Steve Fontana, Assistant Commissioner Crime, Victoria Police Session objective: This session will explore new, creative and imaginative approaches to shifting stuck and complex social systems. It will examine the latest thinking and experience in mobilising police and community around common goals and collaborative approaches to community problem solving. Presenters
Dr Leigh Gassner, REOS Partners. Examining systemic problems and convening multisectoral dialogue to find solutions. |
Policing and public health at major events and disasters Location: The Russell Love Theatrette Session objective: To examine how effective policing can reduce the damaging outcomes from major disasters and events involving large numbers of people. Presenters:
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Sponsored by Location: YHM Room 3.30 - 4.00 pm Title: Sex, Drugs, and Law Enforcement: Models of Police-Community Collaboration Sponsor: Open Society Foundations Panelists Sanjay Patil Rachel Thomas Mr. Jones Blantari Deputy Director of Health, Ghana Police Service (Ghana) Dr. Gyaw Htet Doe Senior Consultant Psychiatrist Substance Abuse Research Association (Myanmar) Police in low and middle-income countries normally adopt a punitive approach towards drug users and sex workers. However, where police and NGOs have worked together to improve the health and well-being of criminalized groups, it is critical to understand why the collaborations succeeded so that we can learn how such partnerships can possibly be replicated. Utilizing a talk-show format, this session will look at interesting examples of collaboration from Kyrgyzstan, Ghana and Myanmar. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.00 - 4.30 pm UNAIDS - to be advised |
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| 4.30 – 5.00 pm | Conference close Location: The Carillo Gantner Theatre Professor Nick Crofts, Conference Director. Some closing reflections |
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