On the 6th and 7th of June 2019, experts on technology in probation gathered in Vienna for the 3rd Expert Meeting. The meeting focused on national presentations, as well as the presentations of two invited speakers, professor Ioan Durnescu from Romania and Mr. Pedro Ferreira Marum from Belgium.
The meeting was opened by Mr. Imants Jurevičius, Latvia Vice President of CEP and Chair of the Expert Group on Technology. He gave a brief overview on the background of the group. He mentioned that the first meeting was held in Stockholm three years ago, the second one in Helsinki last year and this third meeting in Vienna, hosted by the Austrian Probation service Neustart. Imants stressed that even if the focus for the group is technology, it is very important to stay on the path of probation and that we can learn from each other instead of developing the same things parallel in different countries.
Presentation
Pedro Ferreira Marum: “New technologies vs. probation mission’
The futures of probation. If technology is the answer, what is the question?
By Ioan Durnescu
The implementation of risk and resources oriented probation in the electronic documentation system
By Miriam Zillner and Jürgen Kaiser, Austria
Developing a probation service application for mobile devices
By Severine Hausman, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Prison and Probation Information System and staff education via video link
By Goran Brkic, Croatia
GPS monitoring as a condition for release on probation of gang members
By Sarah Eknudd, Denmark
By Pia Andersson, Finland
Technology to Support Engagement with Service Users and Assist Staff
By Gillian Montgomery, Northern Ireland