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EuroVista
The publication of EuroVista journals stopped in 2016. On this page you can find the online journals volume 1.1 – 4.2. If you would like to have your research published on the CEP website, please send an email to communication@cep-probation.org.
EuroVista was published up to three times a year by CEP, the Confederation of European Probation. The journal is dedicated to linking research with policy and practice in probation and community justice throughout Europe. EuroVista seeks to share experience of good practice and responses to challenges that may have relevance to many countries across the continent.
EuroVista aims to publish articles that are relevant and accessible to practitioners, managers and policy makers in a wide range of criminal and community justice agencies, especially probation. It is also read by students, researchers, scholars of criminal justice and others who are interested in the subject matter. Whole issues or individual contributions can be downloaded without charge.
Articles are written by policy-makers, academics, managers, practitioners and other stakeholders in probation and community justice. The editors welcome thought-provoking and idea-developing articles aimed at stimulating debate within academic and practitioner circles. As well as original research papers, EuroVista often includes articles in which researchers draw attention to their work and explain its relevance to the practice community, in this way enhancing the impact of their findings. Special issues may focus on specific themes or be the result of certain conferences, workshops etc. The journal also includes a book review section.
EuroVista was edited by Dr Gerhard Ploeg (Directorate of Correctional Services of Norway), a Vice-President of CEP, and Professor Rob Canton (De Montfort University, England). The Book review editor is Dr John Deering at the University of South Wales.
EuroVista Volume 4.2
Editorial
Assessment of offenders: new trends in Norway
Gunnar Vold Hansen and Finn Samuelsen
Developments in prison and probation practice
Cisca Joldersma
Pre-Sanction Reports in the Irish Youth Justice System: Evidence of Internalising Risk Focused Practice?
Dr Etáin Quigley
Rehabilitating Juvenile Violent Extremist Offenders in Detention
Melissa Lefas and Junko Nozawa
A comparison of Scottish and Japanese young people’s views of what works to reduce offending
Monica Barry
The criminology of probation counsellors in Romania
Ioan Durnescu
The new Dutch law and policy on young adult offenders
Jolande uit Beijerse
Traces of Terror
Neil Stone
Young adult offenders’ rights and restorative justice
Annemieke Wolthuis and Maartje Berger
Youth Justice: Ideas, Policy, Practice. 3rd Edition
Bernadette Wilkinson
The impact of HIV/ AIDS among the persons under the supervision of the Probation Service Bucharest
Gabriel Oancea and Mihai Ioan Micle
EuroVista Volume 4.1
Editorial
Capital Punishment in 20th Century Britain: Audience, Justice Memory (2014)
Lizzie Seal
Cultures of Desistance: Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Ethnic Minorities (2013)
Calverley, A.
Evaluation and the future of probation services in BadenWurttemberg, Germany
Pascal Décarpes
Evaluation in Practice in the Catalan Probation Service
Antonio Elizalde
Judges’ Perception on the Activity of Probation Services
Gabriel Oancea and Mihai Ioan Micle
Outcome Evaluations of Offender Programs in Sweden
Elisabeth Nordén and Mats Forsman
Reorganizing Crime: Mafia and Anti-Mafia in Postsoviet Georgia (2013)
Gavin Slade
Research Study of Juvenile Probation in Croatia
Neven Ricijaš, Martina Lotar Rihtarić, Ivana Jeđud Borić and Anja Mirosavljević
The Probation Dashboard; linking contact journals, case management and professional development
Bas Vogelvang and Charlotte Knight
EuroVista Volume 3.3
A Prescription for Making Probation Work
Andrew Bridges
Incarceration of Women: Punishing Bodies, Breaking Spirits
Linda Moore and Phil Scraton
Jersey Revisited: reflections on the influence of a policy review on youth justice in an island microstate
Jonathan Evans, Brian Heath and Peter Raynor
Just Emotions: Rituals of Restorative Justice
M. Rossner
Offender Supervision in Europe
F. McNeill and K. Beyens
Participation and Practice in Youth Justice
Ross Little
Probation: Key Readings
George Mair and Judith Rumgay
Punishment in Europe: A Critical Anatomy of Penal Systems
V. Ruggerio and M. Ryan
The Curse of the Cyclops
Nikolaos Varvatakos
The Probation Service in Romania: New challenges for a probation system
Elena Nichifor
What Probation in The United States Can Learn From Emerging Practices in Mental Health Treatment
Todd Jermstad
EuroVista Volume 3.2
‘Thinking-about-where-we-are-heading’-–-Reviewing-and-re-conceiving-induction-to-probation-supervision
David Wood
BEYOND-THE-BANALITY-OF-EVIL.-CRIMINOLOGY-AND-GENOCIDE
Augustine Brannigan
The European Probation Rules, Assessment and Risk
Rob Canton
Justice across Borders Sentence Transfer in Europe and Australia
Brian Stout
Offender supervision in Europe
WHAT WORKS IN OFFENDER COMPLIANCE (2013)
Pamela Ugwudike and Peter Raynor
A bridge to change Experiences of participation in VINN a motivational program for convicted women. A qualitative study
Torunn Højdahl, Jeanette H. Magnus and Eva Langeland
DOING PROBATION WORK IDENTITY IN A CRIMINAL JUSTICE OCCUPATION (2013)
Rob C. Mawby and Anne Worrall
Evaluating the impact of progression to the GALLANT projects within Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust
Helen Collins and John Graham
JUSTICE IN TRANSITION COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Anna Eriksson
Service User Engagement – What’s the big deal
William Hughes
Where are we in resettlement research
Pascal Décarpes and Ioan Durnescu
EuroVista Volume 3.1
A FEW YEARS IN PRISON WOULD DO ANYONE GOOD
Michel Spekkers: The Netherlands Words: Bouke Sonnega
A PRISONER STORY - THE THIRD TURKEY
G. David Curry
Angelo - Italy
Anton - Czech Republic
AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHY ON DESISTANCE FROM CRIME
Grant Tietjen
Beyond Bars- re-joining society after prison
Jeffrey Ross and Stephen Richards
COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA
Convict Criminology
Jeffrey Ross and Stephen Richards
Desistance from Crime
David Honeywell
FRANTIŠEK DOBROTA SLOVAKIA
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT A PROBATION OFFICERS JOURNEY
Adam: England
GIOVANNA - ITALY
IVO - FRENCH NATIONAL RESIDENT IN BELGIUM
Judgement Room
Steven Duncan
LUIS FERNÁNDEZ URDIALES - SPAIN
NATHAN THOMAS WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA
Olga - Russia
STEPHEN WACKETT - ENGLAND
The Mystery
Rev. Hank Dixon
This is who I am
Allan Weaver
TRAJECTORIES AND PATHWAYS - THE LIFE COURSE OF AN ASPIRING CONVICT
John F. Frana
A LIFE THAT HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT
Klara: The Netherlands
A SENSE OF MEANING
Rein Gerritsen: The Netherlands
Anon - Ireland
Atsushi - Japan
Behind bars - surviving prison
Jeffrey Ross and Stephen Richards
Cathy - England
Convict becomes profession
Dara - Ireland
EPILOGUE
FROM A HYPERACTIVE CRIMINAL TO A TAXPAYE
John – Norway
My Story
Gareth Williams – Wales
HOOD TO HOOD - FROM PRISONER TO PROFESSOR
James Burnett
JAN SMREK - SLOVAKIA
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND DESISTANCE - A PERSONAL JOURNEY
J. Renee Trombley
NABILL, AKA NAB ENGLAND, UK
NOTHING PERSONAL - MASS INCARCERATION, PRISONER REENTRY, AND DISILLUSIONMENT
Alan Mobley
PENAL POLICY BEYOND THE SOUNDBITES, SOCIAL METAPHORS AND PUBLIC MISPERCEPTIONS
Bernadette Olson Jessie
Steve Colby - England
THE REALITIES OF CRIME, PUNISHMENT AND DESISTANCE FIRST HAND PERSPECTIVES
Beth Weaver
TO THINK OUTWARDS
Sándor Nagy
EuroVista Volume 2.3
An Investigation into the Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders in an English Probation Population - An Overview
Charlie Brooker and Coral Sirdifield
Older people in prison
Greg Lewis
Throughcare for prisoners with problematic drug use - a European perspective
Morag MacDonald, James Williams and David Kane
Employment, reintegration and reducing re-offending – a short look into offender resettlement within Europe
Natalie Woodier
Relapse study in the correctional services of the Nordic countries. Key results and perspectives
Ragnar Kristoffersen
What’s in a name - Penological and institutional connotations of probation officers’ labelling in Europe
Professor Martine Herzog-Evans
EuroVista Volume 2.2
Changes in Norwegian probation officers’ attitudes, behaviour, perceptions and evaluations following a national safety training intervention
Hilde Hestad Iversen, Kristin Helleso-Knutsen, Ida Stendahl and Janne Helgesen
Curfew as a means, not as an end – Electronic Monitoring in Norway
Marianne Kylstad Øster and Tore Rokkan
Managing cases or supporting change Some implications of desistance research for case management
Beth Weaver and Fergus McNeill
Circles of Support and Accountability, and community reintegration for those at risk of sexually reoffending
Stephen Hanvey and Mechtild Höing
Implementation of the Framework Decision on the transfer of Probation Measures between States in the European Union
Gerry McNally and Ita Burke
An accredited motivational program promoting convicted women’s sense of coherence and coping
Torunn Højdahl, Jeanette H. Magnus, Roger Hagen and Eva Langeland
EuroVista Volume 2.1
Active Maturation -Why Crime Falls in Early Adulthood
Sir Anthony Bottoms
Engaging offenders in positive change through accredited rehabilitation programmes
Rosie Travers
Judicial Engagement - Lessons from Problem Solving Courts
Gill McIvor
Readiness Enhancement Management Strategies - A Self Directed Learning Programme for Frontline Staff
Eddie Kane, Mary Jinks and Mary McMurran
The Offender Engagement Programme – rationale and objectives
Sue Rex
Towards a desistance focused practice with Sex offenders in Approved Premises Hostels
Francis Cowe
Changes in Norwegian probation officers’ attitudes, behaviour, perceptions and evaluations following a national safety training intervention
Hilde Hestad Iversen, Kristin Helleso-Knutsen, Ida Stendahl and Janne Helgesen
Giving compliance back re-analysing and re-orientating the debate
Trish McCulloch
Lessons from New Zealand
Andrew Bridges
The Jersey Supervision Skills Study
Peter Raynor, Pamela Ugwudike, Maurice Vanstone and Brian Heath
The research and evaluation programme for offender engagement
Sue Rex and Elaine Ellis
EuroVista Volume 1.3
Call yourself an expert! The experience of two short-term experts working abroad
Jane Shackman and Beverley Radcliffe
Probation Rules under probation – Professional fundamental guidelines in relation to financial resources
Jöerg Jesse
The Wraparound Process in Probation Services
Jo Hermanns
CEP, The European Organisation for Probation
Marc Céron and Leo Tigges
Sentencing parents - sentencing their children
Sue King
Towards Probation Based on Knowledge
Leo C. M. Tigges
EuroVista Volume 1.2
AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHY ON DESISTANCE FROM CRIME
Grant Tietjen
Does Mentoring Work in Rehabilitating Offenders
Marilyn Merriam
European Probation Rules - What they are, why they matter
Rob Canton
Reasons to be Fearful - Dealing with Risk in The Probation Service
Wendy Fitzgibbon
Criminal Justice in the new Climate of Financial Austerity
John W Raine
Effects of Relationships with ‘Significant Others’ that can contribute to Offender Rehabilitation
Allan Mears
Effects of Relationships with ‘Significant Others’ that can contribute to Offender Rehabilitation
Allan Mears
Interpretation of dreams
David Perry and Randel Barrows
EuroVista Volume 1.1
Community sanctions and measures in Europe. Some results from a recent survey
Ioan Durnescu
Developing Citizenship
Russell Bruce and Clive Hollin
Resettling Adult Offenders - a perfect opportunity for European Collaboration
Briege Nugent and Steve Pitts
The relevance of prevention to probation
Anneke Menger and Jo Hermanns
Contemporary Probation in Europe - some reflections
Rob Canton
Engaging-Communities in Criminal Justice
John W Raine
The Importance of purpose, vision and values in improving offender management performance
Phil Wheatley
Probation library
Reading corner
Violent Extremism
New newsletter available: EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation
11/05/2026
The latest edition of the EU Knowledge Hub newsletter brings together policy, research, and practice to address evolving radicalisation threats across Europe.
Probation Journal
Research
What is the societal value of probation?
04/05/2026
During the CEP 15th General Assembly and International Conference on Gender-Based Violence in Probation (from 14 to 16 October 2025 in Vienna, Austria), the Dutch research group Modelling Societal Impact received the CEP Probation Research Award for their work on the societal impact of the Dutch probation services. The research has since been completed. There are multiple reports published (in Dutch) and a short videocast with English subtitles. For anyone interested, see below an oversight of the published research and relevant links to the publications and videocast.
This research may help other European countries demonstrate the added value of probation for their national context. If you would like to learn more about this, please contact: a.a.nemeth@saxion.nl (dr.ir. Attila Németh) or a.visser@saxion.nl (Anouk Visser, MSc.)
Probation Journal
Women, youth
Understanding the needs of girls and young women in youth justice
10/03/2026
New research highlights the underlying needs that influence girls’ and young women’s contact with youth justice systems and calls for more gender responsive approaches in policy and practice. Drawing on a review of recent studies, the authors identify several factors shaping girls’ pathways into the justice system, including persistent abuse, trauma, gendered expectations, and systemic failures. Girls involved in youth justice are often affected by multiple forms of victimisation, such as sexual abuse, neglect, and domestic violence, with experiences frequently beginning in early childhood.
Reading corner
Probation in Europe
The Routledge Handbook of European Penology
05/01/2026
The Routledge Handbook of European Penology, published by Routledge. This comprehensive volume has been edited by Sonja Snacken, Gaëtan Cliquennois, Ioan Durnescu, Diete Humblet and Elena Larrauri.
Reading corner
Criminal Justice
Bridging Research and Practice in Forensic Social Work: An interview with the editors of Forensic Social Work – Supporting Desistance
17/12/2025
Supporting desistance while managing risk is at the heart of criminal justice social work across Europe. In Forensic Social Work – Supporting Desistance, editors Jacqueline Bosker, Anneke Menger and Vivienne de Vogel bring together scientific insights and everyday professional practice to support those working with justice-involved individuals. In this interview, they reflect on the motivation behind the English edition of the book, its core themes, and how professionals can use its tools and approaches in their daily work.
Probation Journal
Domestic violence, Gender-based violence
New evaluation on whole family approach to domestic abuse
26/11/2025
Interventions Alliance has published a new evaluation of a Hub coordinated on behalf of police forces in the south of England, focused on tackling violence against women and children through a whole family approach. The Hub supports victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse and works across policing, health and social services.
Reading corner
Probation in Europe
New Release: Forensic Social Work – Supporting Desistance
13/11/2025
This book, Forensic Social Work – Supporting Desistance, has been released by Routledge. It is a practice-oriented resource exploring how forensic social work can support desistance and foster meaningful change in the lives of justice-involved individuals.
Reading corner
Criminal Justice
Parole Futures
18/08/2025
At a time when many parole systems are experiencing considerable strain, the aims of this collection are twofold: first, to encourage systematic and critical reflection on the rationalities, institutions and practices of parole. Second, to think big, and pose ambitious ‘what if’ questions about the possible futures of parole and prison release. Offering novel insights from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America, this collection builds the case for, and then showcases, a ‘way of doing’ parole research that is global in outlook, interdisciplinary in approach and unapologetically normative in character.
Probation Journal
Violent Extremism
2025 EU Guidance document responding to the needs of victims of terorrism
23/06/2025
To mark the EU Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism on 11 March, the EU Centre of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism has published a new Guidance Document on the Needs of Victims. This document is a significant step forward in reinforcing a victim-centred approach within counter-terrorism efforts across the European Union.
Research
Launch of the CEP Research and Development Strategy Summary
17/06/2025
We’re thrilled to announce that the Confederation of European Probation (CEP), in cooperation with the University of Glasgow (led by CEP Honorary Member Professor Fergus McNeill), and with the support of the CEP Expert Group on Research, has produced the CEP Research and Development Strategy. We are happy to share the summary with you!
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