Whos Who
| Bill Lockhart, OBE Bill is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a member of the British Society of Criminology (former chair of Northern Ireland Branch) and has been a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. He has a wide experience of criminological research, with specialist interest in restorative justice, juvenile offending, mentally disordered offenders and community responses to crime. In early 1997 Bill was awarded a bursary to study Restorative Justice in New Zealand. He has been a member of a number of steering groups and working groups on criminal justice issues and has recently co-authored a book on “Crime in Ireland 1945–1995” published by Oxford University Press. Bill was an independent member of the Criminal Justice Review Group set up under the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Under the auspices of the Review Group he was able to study criminal justice developments in a number of jurisdictions in Europe, North America and South Africa. Bill was appointed by the Minister For Children to the Special Residential Services Board in the South of Ireland. This is a statutory body which, inter alia, advises the minister on the strategic development of specialist services for children in both the childcare and justice fields and the implementation of the Children Act 2001. Bill remained on this Board until his appointment as Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Agency. Bill is married with three sons – two of whom have recently graduated from university, whilst the third is still at school. He has a range of interests, but is to be found most cold and wet winter weekends coaching youth rugby. Bill was awarded the OBE in the New Year Honours List 2002 for services to the voluntary sector. |
 | David Weir David Weir was appointed Director of Community Services on 1st August 2007, having previously been an assistant director with the Agency and before that with the (former) Juvenile Justice Board. A social worker by profession, he has worked predominantly within the youth justice sector, though with some experience in both education and housing. Dave joined Whitefield House (Juvenile Justice Board) in 1984 and after some years specializing in family work and groupwork he initiated the development of the current network of community based projects with the setting up of the Northside Project in 1991. With his appointment as development manager and latterly as assistant director he has been centrally involved in the roll-out of Community Services having had particular responsibility for staff and resources. He has a special interest in the prevention of offending by children and has participated in a number of UK and European youth crime prevention practitioners fora. Dave has also had the opportunity to study youth justice systems in USA and China.
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 | Martin Gunning Director Of Corporate Services Martin was seconded from the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) to the Juvenile Justice Board in July 2002 to assist with the preparations for launch of the Youth Justice Agency in April 2003. With the establishment of the Youth Justice Agency, Martin became Director of Corporate Services. Martin has worked in the Northern Ireland Office since February 1995 holding three positions which, to varying degrees, involved responsibility for financial budgets, staff services, business planning and managing change. Before joining the NIO, Martin spent almost 20 years with the then Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS). He joined the DHSS from outside industry in 1975 as an Executive Officer Grade 1 and worked in several Branches on the Health and Personal Social Services side of the DHSS. These Branches included Efficiency Services, Workforce Planning and Nurse Education and Training. |
 | Alice Chapman Director Of Youth Conference Service For over twenty years Alice worked in the Criminal Justice System through the Probation Board of Northern Ireland. During this period she was involved in training, managing offenders and developing programmes. In the subsequent five years Alice was Director of the Community Safety Centre. In this post she was instrumental in establishing community safety through local government partnerships culminating in their statutory implementation through the Justice (NI) Act 2002. Since the creation of the Youth Justice Agency in 2003, Alice has been Director of the Youth Conference Service, focusing on establishing the framework for the introduction of restorative youth justice and overseeing its successful roll-out across Northern Ireland. This extensive roll-out programme was completed in December 2006. Alice is also a Director of the Criminal Justice National Training Organisation and has contributed to the development of learning opportunities in Northern Ireland for community safety and restorative justice. |
 | Philip Tooze Since then, he has overseen the successful transition to a single purpose designed juvenile justice centre serving all of Northern Ireland. Woodlands, in Bangor, became operational in January 2007.
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