American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) celebrates 50 years during their 2025 Winter Training Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 26 – 29, 2025.
Continue readingJapan’s Probation System: The Role of Volunteers in Offender Rehabilitation
The article “Probation and Volunteers in Japan” by Andrew Watson, published in 2019 in the “Asian Criminology” journal, explores Japan’s probation system, focusing on Professional Probation Officers (PPOs) and Volunteer Probation Officers (VPOs).
Continue readingDeadline extented | Call for posters for the CEP 13th Electronic Monitoring conference
We are inviting submissions for posters at the CEP 13th Electronic Monitoring Conference 2024.
Continue readingCouncil of Europe: SPACE II 2023 released
The Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics on Persons under the Supervision of Probation Agencies (known as „SPACE II“) has been published. The document provides data on non-custodial sanctions and measures in 41 out of 51 probation agencies in the 46 Council of Europe´s Member States.
Continue readingCEP participated the online meeting of the Victims’ Rights Platform
On 26 June 2024 CEP participated in the Ad Hoc meeting of the Victims’ Rights Platform with civil society organisations.
Continue readingRecap: 6th CJPE Summer Course
Tuesday, July 2, marks the beginning of the 6th Summer Course, running until July 5. This year’s theme is “Towards Resilience,” with over 50 participants gathering in Barcelona.
Continue readingCouncil of Europe HELP course on Radicalisation Prevention
This course is aimed to equip two main groups of actors to better counter radicalisation. On the one side, judges and prosecutors, who help to deal with different forms of violence and particularly with violence conducive to terrorism and other forms of violent extremism on a daily basis, and also prison and probation officers, professionals directly in charge of radicalised individuals playing also a crucial role in the short-term future of individuals involved in this situation.
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