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CEP Expert Meeting on Accreditation and Evidence-based Probation

Publication date: 10-2-2012

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Date: 10 February 2012
Place: University of Glasgow, UK

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, in conjunction with the CEP, organises an expert meeting on accreditation and evidence-based probation.

This expert meeting intends to draw together a range of scholars, managers and accreditation panel members from across Europe, to discuss and debate these issues and to critically examine the different ways in which evidence-based probation might develop, and the role that accreditation and accreditation panels might play in the process. Questions that will be addressed include:

• What has accreditation achieved? Under what conditions has it been most effective as a mechanism for increasing the effectiveness of services? What has limited its contributions to the development of effective probation?
• What are the proper relationships between accreditation, innovation and evaluation?
• What other strategies have services used in the pursuit of effective practice, and is there any evidence about which strategies have worked best?
• What can and what should be subjected to accreditation processes? Can a practitioner, a risk assessment tool, a practice process, a system, be accredited?
• What is the proper remit and composition for an accreditation panel?
• Should an accreditation panel advise governments and services on what kinds of practice development are required, or simply make accreditation decisions on whatever is brought before it?
• What are the links between accreditation panels and professional training and education?

You can register for the expert meeting on accreditation and evidence-based probation by requesting a registration form from secr@cep-probation.org.

Workshop programme (update)

Registration deadline was 10 january 2012 but representatives from European countries or organisations that are not yet attending the meeting, are still welcome to register.