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Forfatter: Rasmus Højbjerg Jacobsen
Udgivelsesår: 2013
Publikationsnr.: 267
Antal sider: 42
Publikationen er gratis 

Interview with Ron D'Amico, Social Policy Research Associates

Offender reentry into the community is a pressing social problem. The number of inmates released every year from the nation's prisons increased fourfold over the past three decades.

Since the Second Chance Act (SCA) was passed in 2008, more than $250 million has been awarded to government agencies and non-profits for programs to help offenders successfully reenter society. NIJ is doing an in-depth study of 10 sites to determine the effectiveness of these reentry programs.

Dr. Ron D'Amico discusses findings from Phase 1 of the project: How are the programs being implemented? 

Video: http://nij.ncjrs.gov/multimedia/video-damico.htm

In 2012, the European Society of Criminology (ESC) had 877 members, while 792 criminologists participated in the 12th Annual ESC Conference that took place in Bilbao, Spain, from 12 to 15 September.

more: http://www.escnewsletter.org/node/149

"25 million children in the European Union (EU) are at risk of poverty or social exclusion – that is one child in every four. Most of these children grow up in poor families, who are increasingly struggling to provide them with a decent life. This is a social crime in an EU that prides itself on its social model, an attack on fundamental rights and a failure to invest in people and in our future. Can the EU afford the price? 

This Explainer on child poverty is jointly produced by EAPN and Eurochild in order to:

• Raise public awareness about what child poverty means in a European context, its causes, and how it impacts on the lives of children and their families.

• Highlight effective solutions that can help to fight child poverty and promote the well-being of all children and families, particularly in times of austerity and public spending cuts.

We hope it will help to mobilize widespread public and political support for intensified action to reduce child poverty and to promote children’s well-being, at a timely moment to support the implementation of the European Commission’s Recommendation against child poverty."

publications in English, French, Slovakian

http://www.eapn.eu/en/news-and-publications/publications/eapn-books/towards-children-s-well-being-in-europe-eapn-and-eurochild-s-explainer-on-child-poverty-in-the-eu-is-out

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013 9:00 am 

 "This webinar will explain the need for, and the process of, conducting outcome evaluations of parenting programmes in low- and middle-income countries. The focus is on parenting programmes to prevent child maltreatment and other forms of violence later in life such as youth and intimate partner violence, and three areas will be discussed:
- First, we define outcome evaluations, explain why they are so important, and counter some of the oft-encountered justifications for not doing them.
- Second, we review the evidence for the effectiveness of parenting programmes to prevent violence, discuss adapting parenting programmes to other cultures, and identify some of the main features of effective programmes.
- Third, we describe the activities that need to be co mpleted before an evaluation can be carried out (e.g., evaluability assessments), and the six steps of the evaluation process."

Publication date: 7-10-2013

Article:

Ramona Bălăiţă is probation inspector for Romanian National Probation Directorate. As member of the Elaboration Committee for new probation laws, she is able to tell us about Romania’s reform in criminal codes. 'The elaboration process of the new criminal code was long and unfolded in several stages during a span of a few years. An integrated approach of criminal provisions has become a requirement for us, because is the first reform of such dimensions after nearly half a century. However, from the practitioner’s perspective, the race is just beginning, as the promoted deadline implementation of the new codes and their subsequent laws is set for February 1st 2014.’ 

"A draft version of the ‘Real Change Challenge: Mate Crime: A Challenge for the Police, Safeguarding and Criminal Justice Agencies has been circulated to highlight and seek consultation views on the ‘Invisible Crime’ of Mate crime. It is a complicated issue, often these ‘invisible hate crimes’, involve invisible acts being carried out by invisible perpetrators on invisible victims in invisible circumstances.

To make matters worse there is no legal definition of mate crime. In many situations mate crime will be an example of disability hate crime. The Safety Net project has developed its own definition. ‘Mate Crime happens when someone ‘makes friends’ with a person and goes on to abuse or exploit that relationship. The founding intention of the relationship, from the point of view of the perpetrator, is likely to be criminal. The relationship is likely to be of some duration and, if unchecked, may lead to a pattern of repeat and worsening abuse’.

Mate Crime needs to be recognised and addressed by those dealing with Hate Crime and Safeguarding, and suspected occurrences should always be reported as a hate crime to the Police as this tends to lead to a swifter and more effective respons"

GOV:UK

Published 4 October 2013

"In a radical overhaul of sentencing, the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling today announced that criminals convicted of rape or attempted rape of a child or terrorism offences will no longer be automatically released at the half-way point of their prison sentence. Alongside this, criminals who receive the new tough Extended Determinate Sentence (EDS) will no longer be released automatically two-thirds of the way into their custodial sentence. This means that many of them will end up spending significantly more time in prison"

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/automatic-early-release-axed-for-child-rapists-and-terrorists

 The 'Debate' is moderated by Michele Maloney Kitts - Director of Together for Girls; joining from Sierra Leone is Amie Kandeh, a leading voice on violence against women and girls and, until recently, gender based violence coordinator at IRC; from Latin America, Oswaldo Montoya, coordinator of the MenEngage Alliance, working with men and boys; from Nairobi, Nduku Kilonzo, Executive Director of LVCT, which focuses on violence reduction and its interface with HIV AIDS; and from Bangkok, Ms Diane Swales, UNICEF's Regional Advisor on child protection for East Asia.

Violence, abuse and exploitation have a damaging impact on a child’s physical and mental development.

Research Watch is a web magazine that makes new research and cutting edge thinking accessible and bite-sized, and is aimed at all those working in development, from field staff to decision makers and donors. This edition focuses on Violence Against Children, and aims to explore some of the strategic and operational challenges related to prevention of violence and addressing its underlying drivers, and what is needed to get traction on political agendas across the world.

As with earlier editions, there are three separate but related parts that make up Research Watch: the 'Debate' itself , the 'Commentaries', and a 'Look Out For' section. You can access the full range of materials on the Office of Research-Innocenti website by clicking here. The Debate is supported by some 15 'Commentaries' from experts such as Dr Alex Butchart of WHO and Jim Mercy of the CDC, covering areas including: programmatic and research challenges, the importance of helplines, merging approaches to women and children and HIV and violence considering sexual, physical and emotional violence issues. Do take advantage of these different, independent viewpoints as part of your work, programmatic and advocacy.

 The 'Debate' is moderated by Michele Maloney Kitts - Director of Together for Girls; joining from Sierra Leone is Amie Kandeh, a leading voice on violence against women and girls and, until recently, gender based violence coordinator at IRC; from Latin America, Oswaldo Montoya, coordinator of the MenEngage Alliance, working with men and boys; from Nairobi, Nduku Kilonzo, Executive Director of LVCT, which focuses on violence reduction and its interface with HIV AIDS; and from Bangkok, Ms Diane Swales, UNICEF's Regional Advisor on child protection for East Asia.

Ronald Clarke will be honored Nov. 14 by Rutgers University, Newark, with the Chancellor’s Excellence Award for exceptional contributions to research. Immediately prior to the award ceremony and reception, Clarke will give a public talk on “Criminology and the Conservation of Endangered Species,” explaining his research on wildlife crime -- the poaching of endangered species and illegal killing of wildlife.

Clarke, a university professor in the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, is a resident of Milburn, N.J. His research focuses on environmental criminology and situational crime prevention, in relation to the problem of poaching of endangered species, by examining poaching markets and the likely intervention points to disrupt them.

Interim Chancellor Todd Clear, who will present the award, stated, “Dr. Clarke is the founding theorist of one of the most influential approaches to crime prevention in the field of criminology: situational crime prevention. Reviews of the field have named him one of the 50 most important thinkers in criminology since the beginnings of the field almost two centuries ago. Dr. Clarke is in constant international demand as a speaker, and has produced a movement in criminology through mentoring dozens of students.”

This free event will be Thursday, Nov. 14, from 4:30 -7 p.m., in the Paul Robeson Campus Center Multipurpose Room, 350 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Newark NJ 07102-1898.

26. September 2013, Fribourg / Switzerland

In connection with the conference of the society of criminology (KrimG) the Beccaria Medal was awarded to Prof. Hans-Jürgen Kerner for his pioneering research. In memory of Cesare Beccaria the KrimG awards the medal.

Prof Kerner is Senior Professor at the University of Tuebingen.
 Emeritus Director, Institute of Criminology, University of Tuebingen, Germany.
 Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Tuebingen, with special responsibility for the fields of criminology, juvenile (penal) law, corrections (including prison law), and penal procedure.
 Coordinator, post graduate LL.M.-Program of the Faculty of Law for foreign law graduates.
 Coordinator, Tuebingen Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory-Practice Program, a series of continuous workshops in further education for practitioners and academics alike.
 President, German Foundation for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders, Bonn.
 Member, Research Group on Victim-Offender-Reconciliation, Heidelberg et al., Germany.
 Honorary Life-Time President, International Society for Criminology, Paris.
 Life-Time Member, American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and World Society of Victimology. Member of numerous other scholarly national, European or international associations.
 
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Selected Former Positions
 Member of a Council of Europe co-coordinated research fellowship team on organized crime in Western Europe.
 Professor of Criminology at the universities of Bielefeld, Hamburg, and Heidelberg.
 Judge at the High Court of Appeal of the State of Hamburg.
 President of the International Society for Criminology (SIC / ISC), seated at Paris, France.
 President of the Scientific Commission of the SIC / ISC.
 President of the European Society of Criminology (ESC), seated at Cambridge, UK.
 Co-organizer of the International Congresses on Criminology at Vienna /Austria (1983), Hamburg /Germany (1988), Budapest /Hungary (1993), and Seoul /South Korea (1998).
 Chair, German Association for Court Aid, Probation and Parole Assistance, and Care and Resettlement of Offenders (DBH), Berlin.
 Visiting Professor/Fellow at the Universities of Southampton (U.K.), Beijing (Peoples´ Republic of China), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.), Melbourne (Victoria, AU), and Cambridge (U.K.).
He is author, co-author, editor and coeditor of numerous books and articles,

http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaet/nachrichten/130930_kerner_beccaria_medaille

http://www.unifr.ch/ius/krimg2013/tagungsprogramm

The Strengthening Family Strategy International Conference is a result of work undertaken by several organisations working with the Strengthening Families Approach, aiming to protect and nurture young children while promoting their development. This year's edition will take the form of a virtual platform where professionals and organisations around Europe and America, will be able to present their research and share best practice strategies on the Strengthening Families Approach. Abstract submission ends 30 September 2013. Registration is required (fees €60-100). 

Links: International Conference on Strengthening Family Strategy 2013 - Universitat de les Illes Balears

15 October 2013

Michael Platzer: Liaison Officer, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Office

Leah Norris: Collaborator, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Office  Click here to listen to the current issues podcast  "In this Current Issues podcast, the ACUNS Vienna Liason Office shares their efforts in seeking to shape and influence thinking – and policy debates – around the issues of femicide; the death penalty in Europe; and the abolition of child brides, forced marriages and violence against migrant women around the world. ACUNS Vienna Liaison office director Michael Platzer and volunteer Leah Norris describes their team’s role in crafting a soon-to-be-adopted UN General Assembly Resolution on femicide that will require member states to take action on the prevention of violence against women and in particular the gender-related killing of women and girls. This has been supported by Asian and Latin American countries that have enacted model legislation to address femicide. The forthcoming draft Resolution will be the subject of a High-Level Panel discussion on October 18th in New York that will draw attention to effective programmes to stop femicides, including: improved methods of investigation, prosecution, and punishment of the perpetrators, awareness raising, and the introduction of new legislation. NB This event is open to members of the ACUNS Community.

The ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies (SWIOS ’14) is an annual program intended to bring together emerging scholars and practitioners who are at a relatively early stage in their careers. For 2014, SWIOS ’14 engages with the subject of “Local Justice, Global Standards and Critical Contemporary Challenges”. SWIOS ’14 will take place at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, and is intended to include meetings and guest lectures, site visits and/or other forms of exchanges. Read More 

18 October every year: Raising awareness of modern-day slavery and human trafficking. 

Whilst the transatlantic slave trade was outlawed in 1807 and slavery is prohibited internationally by Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there are still an estimated 12.3 million people across the world in slavery today, forced to work for little or no pay.

The UK Anti-Slavery Day Act was passed into law in April 2010, and the first Anti-Slavery Day took place on 18 October 2010. The Day aims to raise awareness of the dangers and consequences of modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Find out more on the Anti Slavery Day website >>

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Early, persistent delinquent behaviour, accompanied by substance abuse, is a strong predictor of adult criminal behaviour. As a result of these linkages, Public Safety Canada, National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC), supports projects that include addressing and preventing substance abuse.

The following brief project descriptions provide information on some of the projects funded by Public Safety Canada, NCPC, between 2009 and 2014 that addressed substance abuse as a risk factor for criminal behaviour.

These projects may help inspire those concerned about these issues and provide a way to explore approaches to prevention that will be a good fit in communities"

REPORT

 Flash Eurobarometer 383

Publication: October 2013

This survey has been requested by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Home Affairs and co-ordinated by the Directorate-General for Communication.

download: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_383_en.pdf

"Scientific progress is enormous, but it does not reach the people who need it most. The burden of disease is even getting greater in many regions of the world. This is not tolerable. We have to take responsibility.” (Detlev Ganten / John Eu Li Wong, Presidents of the WHS 2013).

The M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres, Universities and National Academies harnessed the 5th World Health Summit to release a joint statement, providing direction in future advances in improving health worldwide. The M8 Alliance calls for action in four major areas:

1.      Research and Innovation – the only way to ensure sustainable

health and wealth for patients and society in the future

2.      Education and Leadership – to identify and serve the needs in the

communities

3.      Evidence to Policy – knowledge translation into national policies,

enhanced through the use of scientifically rigorous evidence, to improve government effectiveness

4.      Global Health for Development – the move towards universal health

coverage is crucial, particularly in conflict prone regions

The whole M8 Statement is available for download at: http://bit.ly/M8_Statement

"The CSG Justice Center and its partners at the Urban Institute have recently expanded the What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse to include information on the effectiveness of education programs on reentry outcomes. This new content takes an in-depth look at the importance of education programs, and how these programs impact recidivism outcomes and employment outcomes.
 
The What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse was designed to offer easy access to important research on the effectiveness of a wide variety of reentry programs and practices. It provides a user-friendly, one-stop shop for practitioners and service providers seeking guidance on evidence-based reentry interventions, as well as a useful resource for researchers and others interested in reentry." click here.

October 17, 2013

Council of State Governments Justice Center

"The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) recently released State Trends: Legislative Victories from 2011-2013 Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System. The report documents how nearly half of all states have enacted laws and policies to reduce the prosecution of youth in adult criminal courts and to end the placement of youth in adult jails and prisons. To read more, click here.

Hogg | Rohan Borschmann | Emma Mamo | Paul Moran

Consultation carried out by NCSN over the last year has indicated that many practitioners are concerned about the welfare of people with mental health problems, who become involved criminality linked to. Now a new report ‘At Risk yet dismissed’ shows that Crime and mental illness are often ignored. The research indicates that people with mental health issues are three times more likely to be victims of crime than the general population. There is also evidence to show that crimes reported to the Police are often ignored. Read more... 

Discovering Desistance is a project aiming to share knowledge and improve understanding about why people desist from offending.

The project involves:

• Producing an educational documentary exploring the issues related to desisting from crime
• Holding a series of workshops for probation professionals to examine the issues raised in the documentary
• Exploring the implications of desistance research for probation practice and developing ideas about how to better support the process of desistance 

The film The Road from Crime is available to purchase as a DVD, to view on-line and to download.

Alternatively, you can watch the film here here or for other sizes, downloads and subtitled options visit http://www.iriss.org.uk/resources/the-road-from-crime. 

Developments in digital alcohol marketing have gone rapidly as alcohol marketers adapt to keep up with the latest trends and technologies. Consequently, there is a need for up-to-date evidence based policy measures.
To ring the alarm bell, close the gap in the literature and publicize much needed policy recommendations, EUCAM is dedicating its first online conference on the subject of digital alcohol marketing. The conference will result in the publication of the EUCAM Manifesto on Digital Alcohol Marketing. NGOs, policy officials and scientists are welcome to participate.  

The conference will take place on Thursday the 31st of October.  They will start at 14:00 hours (UTC+01:00/Central European Time). Logging in becomes possible at 13.30 hours. The conference will run until approximately 16:00 hrs. Afterwards, a recording of the conference will be made available online to all participants.

Katrina Baum, Katherine M. Blakeslee, Jacqueline Lloyd, and Anthony Petrosino

October 15, 2013

The magnitude of the violence problem underscores the importance of implementing effective programs. However, even when the evidence identifies a clearly effective programs, there are challenges to implementation. WestEd staff co-authored this discussion paper published by the National Academies Institute of Medicine that identifies progress in the growth and accessibility of the evidence base for violence prevention and highlights several challenges in implementing evidence-based interventions. The full paper is available here