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Ms Cheryl Catherine Cassidy-Vernon

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Social Sciences
Master of Service Administration

Research Interest:

I am completing my PhD and looking at the role that mythologies play in response to youth justice issues.  My ares of interest include:
  • Post structural analysis
  • Language as a signifier
  • Youth justice
  • Children and youth rights
Profile:

I am the Manager of Youth Legal Service, WA.  The Service provides a wide range of services to meet the needs of disadvantaged young people in regards to dealing with the law and legal system.  My qualifications include a Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Service Administration, and currently completing a PhD with the Discipline of Social Work and Social Policy at UWA, and focusing on how the community forms myths around juvenile offending.  Previously I was the Director of the Social Justice Centre at the University of Notre Dame and have had many years experience in the delivery of case management support services to young people.  I have recently chaired the Youth Affairs Council of WA and was a member of the joint Commonwealth State Review of Community Legal Centres Advisory Group.

Affiliations:

Chairperson, Youth Affairs council of WA
(2003)

Community Legal Centre Association Elected Representative to the joint Commonwealth and State Review of Community Legal Centres
(2003-2002)

State Representative for Western Australia - Defence of Children International
(2004-2000)

State Representative for Western Australia - National Youth Advocates Network
(2004-1999)

State Representative to Law and Criminal Justice Reference Group of the Alcohol and other drugs Council of Australia
(2003-2002)

Member of the Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Tribunal of Western Australia
(2001-1998)

Councillor for Catholic Social Justice Council
(2003-1998)

Judge, State Pastoral Care Awards for Secondary Schools
(1997-1996)

Foundation Chairperson, Adoptions International
(1996)

Conference Papers:

Financial Counsellors Association of Western Australia Conference, Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, 18 September 2003, Youth Debt Issues.

Youth Affairs Council of WA Conference, Fairbridge, Pinjarra, 22-24 May 2002, Sustainability and the search for the Holy Grail, Demons, Damsels or Discards, a report on young women's legal needs.

International School Based Police Officer Conference, Fremantle, February 21-23 2001, Early Intervention: Does it work?  Policy responses to young offenders.

NACLC Conference 1-4 August 2000, Alice Springs.

Young people and public space, a Western Australian Perspective.

Prison - the last Option: new directions for the millennium, march 18-19 2000, The University of  Western Australia, Juvenile Justice Issues, Young People and the Lw.

Community Development Conference, Centre for Rural Community Development, Edith Cowan University (Bunbury Campus), July 1994,  Training Volunteers.

Publications:

Australian Children's Rights News. Issue No. 36, December 2003, WA Child Deaths.

Demons, Damsels or Discards: Exploring the legal needs of young women, Published by Youth Legal Service, Perth January 2002, ISBN 0-9580294-0-7.

Young people addressed in Western Australian Gay and Lesbian Law Reform, Issue No. 30, September 2001, Australian Children's Rights News, ISSN 1320-7091.

Will labour continue to blame young people for society's ills?  Issue No. 28, March 2001, Australian Children's Rights News, ISSN 1320-7091.

Australia - land of the fair go, but do we give our young people a fair go? November 2000, Australian Children's Rights News, Issue No. 27, November 2000, ISSN 1320-7091.

Young people and public space. Rights Now - a publication of the national children's and youth law centre, December 2000, ISSN 1320-5854.

Respecting young people in Western Australia. Rights Now - a publication of the national children's and youth law centre, April 2000, ISSN 1320-5854.

Submission for the Inquiry into the Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999, published March 2000, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Senate Legal and Constitutional references Committee.

 
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