The Practice and Promise of Peer Programs in Prison

ICPA2023 Presentation by Dorien Brosens (ICPA2023-PID045)

Author

Dorien Brosens

Assistant professor, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Educational Sciences, Research group PArticipation And Learning in Detention (PALD), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Dorien Brosens is an assistant professor (10%) at the Department of Educational Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a senior postdoctoral researcher (90%) at the Research Foundation of Flanders (Belgium). She is one of the founding members of the interdisciplinary research group called “PArticipation and Learning in Detention” (PALD). Her research mainly focuses on peer programs, active citizenship, and innovative types of learning in prison, encompassing formal, non-formal and informal learning activities. She has published in journals such as the Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, the European Journal of Criminology, and Criminology & Criminal Justice.

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