Links

CEP members

Regional Fund - IGA
"Regional Fund - IGA" - Pazardjik was founded on 14.4.2000 in Pazardjik as a continuation of the activities and the programs realised by Foundation "Initiatives and Civil Activity", established in 1998. The main effect of the Regional Fund - IGA is crime prevention and reducing its negative effects on the society.

DBH
The German language website of CEP member, the German Association for Social Work, Criminal Law and Crime Policy.

Great Britain Home Office
The Home Office is the Government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales. The principal aim of the Home Office is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are properly balanced and the protection and security of the public are maintained.

National Probation Service for England and Wales
The NPS comprises forty-two Probation Services in England & Wales together with the National Probation Directorate based in London. The site explains how the NPS pursues its aims of protecting the public, reducing re-offending, the proper punishment of offenders in the community, ensuring offenders' awareness of the effects of crime on the victims of crime and the public and the rehabilitation of offenders.

Ministero di Grazia e Giustizia
The Italian language website of the Ministry of Justice.

Verein Neustart
The German language website of the Austrian member of CEP. The site has a substantial English language section.

SPJ
This is the Czech language website of the CEP member in the Czech Republic. English and German versions of the website are in the course of preparation.

Generalitat de Catalunya Departament de Justícia
The Catalan language website of the Ministry of Justice of the Government of Catalonia. Contains some material in Spanish, German, English, French and Italian.

Kriminalvården
The Swedish and English language website of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.

Reclassering Nederland
The Dutch language site of the Reclassering Nederland which undertakes the work of the probation service in the Netherlands.

ASP/SVB
The German, French and Italian language website of the CEP's Swiss member, the Schweizerische Vereinigung der Bewährungshilfe / Association Suisse de probation / Associazione Svizzera di Patronato.

Kriminaalihuoltolaitos/Finnish Probation Service
The Finnish, Swedish and English language website of the probation service In Finland. The site also provides direct access to the websites of the Prison Service and the Criminal Sanctions Agency.

Jersey Probation and After Care Service
The website of the Probation and After-Care Service of the Royal Court of Jersey.

An tSeirbhís Phromhaidh / the Probation Service in Ireland
The website of the Irish Probation Service.


Other sites

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
The objective of UNICRI is to contribute, through research, training, field activities and the collection, exchange and dissemination of information, to the formulation and implementation of improved policies in the field of crime prevention and control.

Prisoners Abroad
Prisoners Abroad is the only charity providing support and campaigning for the welfare of Britons imprisoned abroad.

European Offender Employment Forum
The Forum is a pan-European network whose aim is to tackle crime in Europe by reintegrating offenders into society. The site contains up to date information about initiatives in the offender employment field.

European Group for Prisoners Abroad
The aim of EGPA is to promote the welfare and interests of persons who are detained outside their country of residence, in order to facilitate their social reintegration. Members of EGPA are national non governmental organizations or statutory agencies in several European countries who offer assistance and support to their nationals in foreign prisons.

Vorsitzender der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bewährungshilfe Baden-Württemberg
The German language website of an organisation of professional probation officers in Baden-Württemberg

International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA)
A not-for-profit organisation whose mission is 'to contribute to public safety and healthier communities by encouraging and enabling best correctional practices in prisons and outside communities'.

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
The centre is a non-campaigning body, which exists to bring together criminal justice practitioners, sentencers, policy makers and academics through a programme of conferences, courses, seminars, lectures, study visits, research and publications. The website is a rich source of information and links.

Probation in London
A site with a large amount of up to date information about the probation service and probation practice in London.

Justizvollzug Kanton Zürich
The German language website of the department responsible for all correctional services in Zurich. Includes a section on the probation service, the Bewährungs- und Vollzugsdienste and a German translation of the first chapter of Probation and Probation Services - A European Perspective.

Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland
The CJSW has been established by the Scottish Executive to promote best practice in probation and youth justice provision and to support networking within Scotland and across Europe. It aims to ensure that the most up-to-date knowledge and advice about 'what works' in reducing offending is available in Scotland to assist agencies in planning, designing and evaluating evidence led provision.

European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice.
This website seeks to provide information on the forum and on the restorative justice movement in Europe - and in the rest of the world - and to act as a mechanism to improve communication between all those interested in restorative justice.

American Probation and Parole Association
APPA is an association composed of individuals from the United States, its US territories and Canada, involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections.

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