Dr Gill Buck presented her first keynote speech at the Correctional Research Symposium 2025. Practitioners and researchers joined the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) and the European Organisation for Prison and Correctional Services (EuroPris) for the fourth symposium, hosted by the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) in Belfast.
The event explored quality research to direct the design and delivery of correctional services, and to address current challenges of moving from research to practice.
The events key message was that rehabilitative efforts with justice-involved Individuals are not enough and emphasised the importance of being able to engage with, expand and support a broader ecosystem.
Explore Dr Gill Buck’s open access publications on peer-mentoring here
📚 including her paper on The Core Conditions of peer-mentoring
📚 More open access resources on Lived Experience Criminal Justice research