Domestic violence: the Flemish approach
Towards Pre-trial Detention as Ultima Ratio – Research and Action
This article is written by Walter Hammerschick and is about the project DETOUR, which was funded by the Justice Programme of the European Commission.
In the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe more than 325.000 prisoners are held in pre-trial detention, more than 100.000 of them in the 28 Member States of the European Union. Pre-trial detention serves above all procedural purposes: to prevent a suspect from absconding or from tampering with evidence. The justice systems must have a way of ensuring that those accused stand trial.
Continue reading11th Electronic Monitoring Conference: presentations, workshop results and more!
Looking back at the first EuroPris and CEP expert meeting about Domestic Violence
Alternative sanctions for young delinquent refugees in Schleswig-Holstein
The importance of multi-agency and partnership working in the field of sexual abuse
The introduction of probation in Ukraine
A new target group in probation: cybercrime offenders
Probation Officers in the Netherlands noticed an increase of ‘atypical’ clients: offenders convicted of cybercrime. “How do we deal with this new category of clients?”, is what they asked their policy advisors. Jelle van Triest set up the National Expertise Network Cybercrime for the Dutch Probation Service when he worked there as a Policy Advisor (he currently works as a Policy Advisor for the Dutch Ministry of Justice). In his National Expertise Network Cybercrime he combined scientific research, specialist expertise and daily practice. We asked him five questions about the network.
Continue readingYellow Ribbon Run Prague: a run for reintegration of ex-offenders
