Criminal Justice Past and Present
Are we safer than we were in the Sixties? Are the youth of today any better or worse than those of yesteryear? Should Borstals be brought back for young offenders?
Young and old alike in Peterborough and Cambridge were taken on a trip down memory lane in a quest to look at the changing picture of crime in the community.
The Criminal Justice Past and Present events were hosted by Police Sergeant Dave Glover and the Cambridgeshire Criminal Justice Board (CCJB) as part of Inside Justice Week 2007.
Those attending got to see old Pathé news clips as well as modern day media coverage of crime. They got to discuss controversial topics highlighted within the clips, such as whether the old Borstal system should be brought back for young offenders.
Participants at the two events, held at Bushfield Community College in Peterborough and Cambridge Regional College, got to register opinions and answers on a huge range of questions using Quizdom, a state-of-the-art, interactive system.
Other community groups, including young mothers, recently arrived migrant workers and elderly residents were also invited to the Bushfield screening, launched by CCJB deputy chairman Tom Jefford, the head of Youth and Participation at Cambridgeshire Youth Offending Service.
Diverse groups had the rare opportunity to discuss issues highlighted within the film clips together.
Bushfield Community College students demonstrate how the Quizdom handsets work.
Police Chief Superintendent Paul Phillipson, right, chats to a Peterborough pensioner.
The Past and Present sessions proved popular with Bushfield students,
members of the wider community and criminal justice staff alike.