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Strategic planning and the development of the Belgian correctional system

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The Italian juvenile and community justice in transition

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Retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation and restoration…

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Digital transformation within the probation sector

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Navigating Challenges in Ontario’s Correctional Services: Transforming the Future

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FAIRNESS Implementation of the Stockholm’s Roadmap in cases of terrorism and radicalisation

The FAIRNESS project promotes a balanced harmonisation of the Member States’ (MS) legal practices in relation to the implementation of... Read More
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Times of change and modernisation in the Portuguese justice system

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Can digital transformation be a catalyst for operational transformation?

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PRE-RIGHTS Assessing the impact and performance of preventive measures on EU Directives and Framework Decisions

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The electronic monitoring sector response during the early phase of COVID-19 focused on implementing remote learning modalities as an emergency response. As the pandemic has evolved, so too have electronic monitoring responses. Read More

Change complexity: Why reforms in community corrections often fail

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Challenges and Achievements of the Portuguese Correctional System

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The importance of rehabilitation: What works?

Rehabilitation is a long-term goal that most countries have not begun to address. Although some have redesigned their institutional mission... Read More

Revolutionising Probation in Europe: How technology can support community corrections

Jana Špero, Secretary General, Confederation of European Probation (CEP) Read More
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Expert insights on modernising Correctional Services

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Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology & Social Work, University of Glasgow, UK Read More

The process and experience of recall to prison

By Russel Webster Prisoners and probation officers had different perceptions of how much prisoners understood recall, how much they communicated... Read More

Breaking Barriers: Restorative Justice and Family Support in Saxony’s Justice System

Katja Meier, State Minister of Justice and for Democracy, Europe, and Gender Equality, Saxony, Germany Read More
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The understanding that it is possible to make electronic monitoring (EM) technology evolve into the spectrum of preventive action is... Read More

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Peer training is increasingly needed, especially for disadvantaged groups. The placement of offenders in peer-support roles is also increasingly recommended... Read More

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Turkish Corrections in Transition

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Canada: Fifteen thousand decisions per year in the best interest of public safety

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Laying the foundations for a new penitentiary model in Paraguay

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Santa Catarina correctional system makes progress on several fronts despite challenges

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Two centuries of change: The evolution of the Dutch Probation Service

Johan Bac, Director-General of the Dutch Probation Service Read More

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JUSTICE TRENDS is a premium printed and online magazine that features exclusive content such as interviews with Ministers of Justice, Directors General of prison and probation administrations, as well as articles on pressing current criminal justice topics globally.

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