Stockholm Criminology Symposium
On June 10th, REPPP team members hosted a panel session at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium on responses to the complex issue of young people’s involvement in organised crime. The panel addressed the Irish Government and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) response to the policy concern of the recruitment of young people into criminal networks, namely the Greentown Programme and Safe Futures.
Dr Sean Redmond discussed the policy concern and the primary research that informed the development of Greentown, including the use of the innovative Twinsight methodology.
Catherine Naughton presented the deliberative design of the Greentown Programme and the implementation and monitoring of Phase 1 of the programme.
Megan Ryan shared the framework for the ongoing impact and progress evaluation of the Greentown Programme.
We finished the panel with a presentation by Helen Fitzgerald and Dr Eoin O’Meara Daly on the team's strategic collaboration with European jurisdictions. Named the ‘Safe Futures’ project, this European Union Drug Agency (EUDA)-funded collaboration aims to build communities of practice and share knowledge on interventions for young people involved in organised drug crime.
