WayOut

Objectives

• To provide a detailed account of the current state of the art in deradicalisation research and other relevant disciplines related to desistance and rehabilitation;
• To develop a common framework to systematically evaluate exit programmes;
• To create an integrated programme based on approaches with proven effectiveness;
• To develop a training course on exit strategies to practitioners;
• To raise awareness among law enforcement officials about the benefits of implementing such programmes.

Expected outcomes

• An improved and facilitated implementation of exit programmes that are based on approaches with proven effectiveness;
• An increased awareness and understanding by the criminal justice professionals (judiciary, prisons, probation, and community organisations) about exit programmes;
• An improved knowledge about the efficacy of exit programmes and of what works’;
• A more capable prison staff to deal with inmates at risk of radicalisation or who are already radicalised;
• Prisons and probation systems will implement the necessary and appropriate tools to analyse existing networks, collect information and develop communication processes between different organisations: community-prison-probation-police-intelligence services;
• A better understanding of what works in the field of exit strategies at an European level;
• The lessons learned from the project will feed into the European debate and inform policymakers, obtaining the confidence of judges, prosecutors and all those responsible for adopting these strategies, as well as the community at large.

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