The Centre for Community, Gender and Social Justice hosts the annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lectures. These lectures are given in the spirit of Bill McWilliams's work and represent an important contribution to thinking about contemporary probation practice.
| Bill McWilliams, who died in 1997, had a prestigious career as a probation practitioner and writer. Now in their 23rd year, these lectures are given in the spirit of Bill McWilliams's work. They represent an important contribution to thinking about contemporary probation practice. |
Past recordings |
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| 2024 |
Probation – A local collaborative venture |
| 2023 |
Probation unification: Stories, symbols and belonging.Speaker: Professor Lol Burke, Liverpool John Moores University. |
| 2022 |
Can Probation be Rehabilitated? |
| 2021 |
Public Policy and Probation: is there a Welsh way? |
| 2018 |
Why Punish?Speaker: Rob Canton |
| 2017 |
Helping, Holding and Hurting: A Dialogue about Penal Supervision |
| 2016 |
Penal Reform and Probation in Europe |
| 2015 |
Grace under Pressure: The Role of Courage in the Future of Probation WorkSpeaker: Anne Worrall |
| 2014 |
Why Probation MattersSpeaker: Sue Hall |
| 2013 |
The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service? |