The conference ‘Reframing Sexual Abuse: Practical Directions’ will be held in November 2018 . The conference will be facilitated by the CEP and spearheaded by the Latvian Probation Service and Center Dardedze. It is aimed at practitioners, mainly probation staff. Where? The conference will be held in Riga, Latvia. When? The conference will take place from the 21st till the 23rd of November 2018. Confrence themes The conference has the following four different themes: Community engagement and understandings related to sexual abuse Professional practice and working in the field of sexual abuse Sexual abuse prevention and public health approaches to sexual abuse The treatment of sexual abuse More information on the event will be published […]
Read MoreThe 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. Electronic monitoring (EM) has matured into a commonplace penal tool used widely across Europe and beyond. Its applications appear to be limitless and its purposes diverse. As a result, it is being viewed increasingly as a panacea for a range of societal challenges within and beyond criminal justice leading to numerous uses including in the areas of mental health, domestic violence; terrorism and immigration and diverse target groups including mental health patients, children […]
Read MoreThis will be an important meeting place for practitioners as well as for managers and policymakers who are active in this area, a field of work that is often overshadowed by the attention given to the even younger category of offenders. The Confederation of European Probation (CEP), Directorate of Correctional Services of Norway (KDI) and the Correctional Service of Norway, Staff Academy (KRUS) will invite national and international speakers to present at the conference. Probable themes from Norway on the program are: the new juvenile sanction, reintegration work in – and out of – the special prison unit for young offenders, working with specific contacts for young adults etc. This […]
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