Talks and Lectures

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A selection of handwritten and typed talks and lectures delivered by John Spencer to a number of different audiences. Includes: Alternatives to the Judicial Process, The Scottish system of children' hearings; Children's Panels in Scotland (Edinburgh Extra-mural conference, 1968); The Disturbed Adolescent and Community Services (Royal Edinburgh Hospital, 1971); Decision making and methods in the treatment of juvenile delinquency - future changes and developmetns in Scotland (Scottish Association of Mental Health, 1969); The Prevention of Delinquency; The Transition from courts to panels in Scotland; The Reporter, the Panel and the Hearings (Council for Civil Liberties, 1970); Children's Panel (Edinburgh Training Plan, 1970); lecture on Children's Panels to Scottish Police Detective Training Course, 1970; The Transition from Courts to Panels (Association of Child Care Officers, 1968); Problems of the Social Work (Soctland) Act, with special reference to the Chidrens' Panels (Hospital for Sick Children, 1970); Unification and the Scottish White Paper (paper read to the Scottish Group of the Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers, 1968); handwritten notes for talk to The Insitute of Housing Managers, April 1970.
Printed material: Juvenlie Justice - The Demands of Treatment, John Spencer (The Fourth Denis Carroll Memorial Lecture); The Search for Justice for the Young Adult Offender, John Spencer (The Sophie Boyd Memorial Lecture).

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