BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//conferences.acspri.org.au//2026//speaker//JWZML3 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:AEST BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000326T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3;UNTIL=20050326T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20060402T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=20060401T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070325T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=3;UNTIL=20070324T170000Z TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20080406T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:AEST TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000827T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=4SU;BYMONTH=8;UNTIL=20000826T170000Z TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20011028T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10;UNTIL=20071027T170000Z TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20081005T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:AEDT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-2026-ZK7LBB@conferences.acspri.org.au DTSTART;TZID=AEST:20261125T160000 DTEND;TZID=AEST:20261125T161500 DESCRIPTION:Coronial investigations occupy a neglected position within acce ss to justice scholarship. While coronial proceedings offer important pro cedural protections for bereaved families\, the preventive function of the coronial jurisdiction\, (its capacity to generate recommendations that dr ive legislative\, regulatory and policy reform) has received limited empir ical attention. Whether recommendations actually translate into meaningfu l change is a question of accountability and distributional justice: it go es to whether the justice system delivers on its preventive mandate for co mmunities most exposed to preventable harm. \n\nExisting research has prim arily evaluated coronial recommendations through implementation or accepta nce rate frameworks\, examining whether the agency to which a recommendati on was directed formally accepted\, rejected\, or partially implemented it . While these approaches yield useful descriptive information\, they impl icitly assume a relatively linear relationship between recommendation and documented reform. In practice\, policy changes rarely follow such a path way. Reforms addressing risks identified in coronial investigations frequ ently emerge through extended policy processes (government reviews\, commi ssioned research\, regulatory consultation and incremental legislative dev elopment) that may unfold over years following the original recommendation . Recommendations may also contribute to change indirectly by shaping pol icy agendas\, informing research\, or reinforcing concerns raised through parallel policy processes. No established method exists capable of system atically tracing these broader non-linear pathways of influence. The From Inquest to Impact project therefore required constructing a new analytica l framework from the ground up. \n\nThis presentation introduces Recommend ation-to-Reform Mapping (R2R Mapping)\, a structured qualitative method de veloped to trace policy influence of coronial recommendations over time. The method integrates documentary policy analysis\, policy sequence analys is and process tracing to reconstruct the sequence of policy developments that may follow from coronial findings. Rather than evaluating recommenda tions by whether they were formally accepted or rejected\, R2R Mapping tra ces the broader policy trajectories through which coronial findings may co ntribute to institutional and legislative change. \n\nThe method involves five analytical stages: defining the policy domain\; identifying and codin g coronial recommendations\; identifying relevant policy developments and reforms through systematic documentary analysis\; constructing chronologic al policy timelines\; and assessing linkages between recommendations and r eforms. Linkages are classified according to both type – direct\, indire ct\, or conceptual agenda-setting\, and strength of evidentiary support. This structured approach enables recommendations\, reforms and policy link ages to be systematically compared across policy domains\, time periods\, and institutional actors. \n\nThe method is illustrated through its applic ation to the rock fishing safety domain\, one of a number of preventable d eath domains examined in the From Inquest to Impact study\, commissioned b y the NSW State Coroner. This domain provides a concrete example of how t he framework records intermediate policy developments events\, such as com missioned research and safety reviews\, alongside substantive legislative reform\, and assess the documentary evidence linking coronial recommendati ons to each. The rock fishing safety domain also demonstrates the potenti al to integrate R2R Mapping with quantitative mortality trend analysis\, e nabling examination not only of how recommendations contributed to reform\ , but whether those reforms were followed by measurable reductions in prev entable deaths. \n\nThe presentation considers both the methodological cha llenges of working in data-poor documentary environments\, including the d ifferential visibility of policy instruments and the inherent uncertainty in attributing reform to specific recommendations. The potential for R2R Mapping to be adapted for application to other investigative and oversight bodies that produce recommendations aimed at reducing preventable deaths is also discussed. DTSTAMP:20261013T070013Z LOCATION:Holme Room SUMMARY:Recommendation-to-Reform Mapping: A method for tracing the policy i nfluence of coronial recommendations - Kerryn Butler URL:https://conferences.acspri.org.au/2026/talk/ZK7LBB/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR