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Risk assessment the Dutch way: a scalable, easy to use tool for probation reports
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An important task of a probation officer is to provide information to courts and prisons about the offender’s risk of doing harm, the risk of re-offending and to provide them with an appropriate risk management plan. To improve the process of making a report and to make it more efficient, the Dutch probation organisations have developed a new tool for making risk assessments and probation reports.
Click here to read more about the new risk assessment tool >>
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Conferences you shouldn't miss!
CEP and EuroPris workshop on Mental Health in Prison and Probation
The Confederation of European Probation (CEP) and Europris will organise a 1,5 day workshop on the 6th and 7th of December the theme of the workshop is Mental Health issues in Prison and Probation. The workshop is kindly hosted by the Irish Probation Service in Dublin.
11th Electronic Monitoring Conference Zagreb, Croatia
The 11th edition of the European Electronic Monitoring Conference ‘Blurring boundaries: making and breaking connections’ will be held in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference will take place from the 16th of April until the 18th of April 2018.
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A portrait of a small probation organisation: Jersey Probation and After Care Service
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Every probation organisation in Europe is different from the other, although most of them have a lot of similarities. There are some that are different from all the others. I’m talking about the smallest member organisations of the CEP. In this special series of articles, you can read about what makes them special, how they function, about the positives of working in a small organisation and about the difficulties that are sometimes faced. The first organisation to kickoff the series is: the Jersey Probation and After Care Service. Chief Probation Officer Brian Heath tells us about his organisation.
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The 3rd CEP Expert Meeting on Framework Decisions 947 and 829
On the 26th of September 2017, the 3rd expert meeting on enhancing the implementation of Framework Decisions 2008/JHA/947 & 2009/JHA/829 was held in Brussels, Belgium and kindly hosted by Maison de Justice. Experts on the Framework Decisions, members of the European Commission, European policy makers and representatives of EU Member States attended the expert meeting.
Click here for the report of the expert meeting and the presentations >>
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CoE online course on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters available!
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The Council of Europe's Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) programme and the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Operation of European Conventions on Co-operation in Criminal Matters (PC-OC), with the assistance of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), have developed a free online course on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters.
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Effective practice: the past, present and future of probation research
During the Third World Congress in Tokyo, Peter Raynor, Professor at Swansea University, held a presentation about the history, present and future of effective practice.
"Since researchers first began looking seriously at probation and its effects, the pendulum has swung between optimism and pessimism. This article aims to track and explain these movements, and to argue that we now know enough to enter a new period of realism, in which the question is not so much whether probation can be effective (we know it can), but how, with what support and in what policy contexts that effectiveness can be made real."
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A very successful 3rd World Congress on Probation in Japan
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The Third World Congress on Probation has been a fabulous and successful event. Excellent presentations and plenary speakers sharing practices, critical analyses and possible solutions to the complex challenges in the use of community-based sanctions worldwide. The support, location visits, cultural events and hospitality extended throughout The Third World Congress on Probation by our Japanese hosts have been outstanding.
The inspiring examples of the community engagement, volunteer ethos and belief in everyone’s capacity to change that imbues probation in Japan and Asian neighbours will long remain with delegates and will, hopefully, inspire and influence how we work with people and communities.
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A dialogue about desistance by Fergus McNeill
Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow and CEP Board Member, held an interesting closing plenary address at the British Criminology Conference at Sheffield Hallam University on 8th of July 2017. Read his dialogue about desistance here:
"I’ll start with desistance theory and research. I want to jump straight into emerging critiques of desistance research, before looking beyond desistance and towards dystopia and utopia. So, buckle up your belts…"
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