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Call for Projects #ECPA2024

Call for projects is now open!

The focus of this years European crime Prevention Award (ECPA) is the prevention of reoffending. The Best Practice Conference (BPC), where all national entries will be presented and the winner will be announced, will be held on December 3-4 2024, in Budapest.

Interested in participating? Please submit the project in English to the EUCPN Secretariat, through your National Representative of the EUCPN. The deadline is 30 September 2024.

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Latest crime and justice publications from the AIC

The latest crime and justice publications from the AIC and resources from around the world are now available from the Alert Service. Popular topics can be accessed from the drop down list and wherever possible full text is provided via an Open Access link.

Recent AIC publications

CriminologyTV occasional seminars

Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide in Australia (June 2024)
Predicting repeat domestic violence: Improving police risk assessment (May 2024)

AIC: New research examines sexual exploitation experienced by underage dating platform users

Link to: Sexual exploitation of children on dating platforms and experiences of revictimisation as an adult

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new Trends & issues paper on the sexual exploitation of children on dating platforms and experiences of revictimisation as an adult.

Using data from a survey of nearly 10,000 Australians, this study found that 8.8% of respondents had used a dating platform while under the age of 18, and 59.3% of these underage users had received a sexually exploitative request from another user.
Nearly two-thirds of underage dating platform users were asked by another user to meet in person. Over half (54.3%) were asked for sexual photos or videos of themselves, and one-third of them were offered payment in return.
The findings suggest that a notable group of Australians under the age of 18 may be active on dating platforms and at risk of sexual exploitation by other users.

Webinar on Tackling Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Last Chance to register- Tuesday, July 30th 2024

Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Tackling Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Improving Legal Protections and Increasing Prosecutions

on Tuesday, July 30th 2024 between 9.30 AM to 1.30 PM BTS

Please click here to register online.

Programme

Examine current trends in the different types of image-based sexual abuse in the UK, current policy and legislation in this area
Review current IBSA guidelines and training for police and Crown Prosecution Service officers and exchange best practice on encouraging reporting and successfully prosecuting perpetrators
Develop strategies for improving multi-agency cooperation around protecting vulnerable individuals and communities and supporting survivors
Evaluate the likely impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 and the Criminal Justice Bill on IBSA and how the Act can be effectively implemented, including the role of Ofcom
Exchange views on the additional regulatory and practical measures needed to effectively tackle the growth of IBSA
Discuss what an effective, comprehensive, consent-based criminal legal framework covering all forms of intimate image abuse should look like
Assess what more social media platforms, search engines and other websites or apps which host user-generated content could do to tackle IBSA
Address the challenges of protecting those groups particularly vulnerable to IBSA, including children, minoritised women and sex workers
Consider the growing role of AI in IBSA, and innovations required to better tackle this particular component

Confirmed Speaker :

Caragh Arthur, Senior Policy Manager at HM Prison and Probation Service
Lizzie Reeves, Senior Policy Manager at Internet Matters
Lawrence Jordan, Director of Services at Marie Collins Foundation
Jodi Leedham, Technology-Facilitated Abuse & Economic Empowerment Service Manager at Refuge
Georgina Mclocklin, Academic Associate in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University

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CEP Awards 2025

CEP Awards 2025

The fourth edition of the CEP Awards is appoaching, with the ceremony set to take place during the 2025 General Assembly in Vienna!

These awards are designed to celebrate outstanding contributions to Probation. Winners will be invited to a special presentation ceremony, in Vienna, Austria in 2025, providing a unique opportunity to honor their achievements and showcase exemplary practices.

The call for the projects submissions will open by the end of November 2024. Be sure to visit our website for information on award categories and follow our social media channels for the latest updates on the fourth edition of the CEP Awards!

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Less than 14 days to get your Early Bird ticket for the CEP International Training School on Core Correctional Skills 2024, 4th edition

Less than 14 days to get your Early Bird ticket

for the CEP International Training School on

Core Correctional Skills 2024, 4th edition

7-11 October 2024, Barcelona, Spain

The International Training School on Core Correctional Skills offers a one-week program focusing on key skills for correctional staff, emphasizing the working alliance concept. Based on the book “Core Correctional Skills” and led by Prof. Dr. Ioan Durnescu, the training incorporates modern learning approaches like role-play and coaching. This year's focus is on Desistance and Lived Experience, aiming to enhance skills with evidence-based practices.

>>Early bird tickets available till 1st July!

The keynote speaker will be Shadd Maruna, Professor of Criminology, Queen’s University Belfast and special guest will be Andrew Brierley, Head of Access, Participation and Outcomes at Leeds Trinity University. Click here to learn more about these and other inspiring speakers.

>> To get an impression of the event watch last edition’s aftermovie!

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AIC: New research examines prevalence of sexual violence perpetration

Link to: Perpetration of sexual violence in a community sample of adult Australians

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released new research examining the rate of self-reported sexual violence perpetration in a community sample, drawing on a survey of adult Australians.

The study found that just over a fifth of respondents (22.1%) indicated they had perpetrated some form of sexual violence as an adult.
Almost one-fifth (16.1%) indicated they had perpetrated sexual harassment/coercion as an adult, one in 10 (11.4%) indicated they had perpetrated sexual assault as an adult, with 2.7% specifically indicating having perpetrated non-consensual sexual intercourse as an adult, and 3.3% indicated they had perpetrated image-based sexual abuse as an adult.
Overall, perpetration rates were higher among men than women, especially in relation to more assaultive forms of sexual violence.

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AIC: New data released on sexual offending in Australia

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Link to: Sexual offending in Australia 2021–22

There were 8,326 unique alleged sexual offenders proceeded against by police in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory in 2021–22.
The male sexual offending rate in these six jurisdictions was 75.64 per 100,000 and the female sexual offending rate was 5.12 per 100,000.
The largest proportion of offenders proceeded against for sexual offences in 2021–22 were alleged to have committed penetrative or non-penetrative sexual conduct offences (77%, n=6,450), followed by handling of unlawful sexual material offences (24%, n=2,024), enabling unlawful sexual conduct offences (8%, n=656) and persistent sexual abuse offences (1%, n=82).
Around one-third of offenders in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory were a non-family member known to the victim (32%, n=1,891), 15 percent (n=886) were an intimate partner, 19 percent (n=1,124) were other family and 21 percent (n=1,267) were a stranger.

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AIC: Proposing a Domestic Violence Threat Assessment Centre to prevent intimate partner homicide

Link to: Targeting fixated individuals to prevent intimate partner homicide: Proposing the Domestic Violence Threat Assessment Centre

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new Research in Practice paper titled Targeting fixated individuals to prevent intimate partner homicide: Proposing the Domestic Violence Threat Assessment Centre.

Intimate partner homicide (IPH) is one of the most common forms of homicide in Australia and women are the victims in three-quarters of all IPH cases.
Recent research characterises some perpetrators as motivated by fixation and grievances. These fixated perpetrators hold an intense preoccupation with victims, often driven by a grievance, during the acute phases of risk.

In this paper we propose the Domestic Violence Threat Assessment Centre. Modelled on Fixated Threat Assessment Centres, the proposed centre could offer a multi-agency approach to information gathering, monitoring and intervention among domestic violence perpetrators during periods of acute risk for escalation.

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