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CEP and EGPA, the European
Group for Prisoners Abroad, have joined forces. Since last March, EGPA goes on as the CEP Expert Group on Foreign Nationals.
“Thanks to this structure, CEP has now a lot of
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specialist knowledge
on an increasingly important matter in probation”,
says Margareta Lindholm, CEP vice-president. “I think this topic will be
an issue for all our member organisations in the
coming years.”
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The beautiful town of Exeter, in the South of England,
was the location for the 64th CEP Board Meeting.
The setting inspired the Board Members to take
important steps in the development of the CEP’s
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professionalisation.
Possibly the most important one was the
agreement on the objectives and measurable outcomes which the Board
should realise before October 2010.
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In the discussion on
privatization in the probation sector in Europe, it seems no question
that probation should remain deeply rooted in the public domain. However,
in Austria the entire probation service in is in the hands of one
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single private party, Neustart (literally: New Start). And more than
a year ago, the Austrian company also expanded
its services to the German State of Baden-Württemberg.
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The European Committee on Crime Problems of the Council
of Europe, has commissioned one of its committees to make an overview of
the practices and fields of action of the probation services in the 47 member
countries. The research will be conducted
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by the Council for
Penological Co-operation, chaired by Sonja Snacken, Professor in
Criminology at the University of Brussels. "Two experts have now
just started their work. Their research will be
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CEP conferences seem
to become more and more popular. “We had some 25
people on the waiting list”, says conference organizer André Claudon from
the Swiss Association of Probation. Those who have managed to be on
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he guest list were all very positive about the conference. “The
conference brought me everything I hoped to get here”, comments Karin
Waidhofer, General Manager Social Services of Austria’s Neustart.
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DBH, the German
organization for Social Work, Criminal Law and Criminal Policy, has
recently launched a new version of its website:
www.dhb-online.de
“A better categorization of our topics, new technical
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applications and a
clear web design should meet the growing needs of our member
organizations”, says DBH Manager Peter Reckling. “We would be very
pleased to hear what you think of it.”
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