Ben Roebuck

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Workshop onThe Roots of Youth ViolenceApproache
s to Governance

• Ben Roebuck
• PhD Candidate, Criminology
• March 11, 2009

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Integrated Governance (Pillar 4)

• Province
• Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion and
  Anti-Racism
• Cabinet Office Secretariat (Deputy Minister)
• Premiers Advisory Council
• Neighbourhood
• Neighbourhood Strategic Partnerships
• Community Hubs

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Approaches to Governance

• Responsibilization Theory
• Neighbourhood capacity?
• Financial and Staff Resources?
• Central vs. Local Priorities
• Who sets the agenda?
• Continued Meaningful Youth Engagement
• Qualitative indicators of achievement
• All Orders of Government
• NCPC Decentralization

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Approaches to Governance

• Resistance to Change
• Challenges of Partnership
• Need for Leadership
• Catalyst
• Embedding Prevention
• Policy Impact Assessments
• Appropriate Governance Mechanisms
• Varied problems require varied solutions
• Role of Municipalities

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Responsibility Centre
Safety Diagnosis
Strategic Plan
Responsibility Centre
Evaluation
Implementation
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Next Steps

• Municipal Responsibility Centre to coordinate
  Neighbourhood Strategic Partnerships
• Provincial policy reviews on social inclusion
• Long-term commitment to core funding
• Engaging the federal government
• Integration of evidence-based crime prevention
• Meaningful youth engagement