News
The European Crisis and Criminology
Newsletter of the European Society of Criminology: Henrik Tham. Message from the president
Women Engaged in the Criminal Justice System, July 12, 2012
Consensus Project Webinars Online.
"This webinar, held July 12, 2012, discussed the current research and best practices related to the successful management and treatment of women in the criminal justice system. Rachelle Ramirez, Center for Effective Public Policy, and Dr. Krista S. Gehring, University of Houston-Downton presented an overview of the research regarding women and the criminal justice system, with a particular focus on behavioral health. The webinar also included a discussion about gender-specific criminogenic risk and need assessment tools, as well as the importance of responsivity for females".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcU4IF5-sQM&feature=youtu.be
PROMOTING LEGALITY, PREVENTING JUVENILE CRIME
Short study visit
7-14 October 2012 | Palermo, Italy
This Short study visit is for 23 participants
from Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Spain, Turkey
and recommended for Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth Policy Makers
Working language(s): English
Prevention science - All is revealed
Prevention Action: 9 July 2012 / News "Few people working with children will have heard the term "prevention scientist," let alone know what one is or does. Yet this relatively new breed of researcher is behind the growing list of evidence-based programs being promoted in western developed countries. A new publication puts them under the microscope."
Read more: http://www.preventionaction.org/prevention-news/prevention-science-all-revealed/5842
WEBINAR: ADDRESSING CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS IN ADULT COURT-BASED PROGRAMS
Hosted by Criminal Justice Mental Health Consensus Project
Date:Thursday, August 16th, 2012
Time: 2:00‒3:30 p.m. EDT
Shining light into the black box
PreventionAction 10 August 2012
Randomized controlled trials have many benefits. These experiments, when done well, leave little doubt over a program’s or treatment’s effectiveness. But many randomized controlled trials suffer from a common limitation: they treat evaluation like a “black box”, carefully monitoring what goes in and what comes out of an intervention, but overlooking the active ingredients and processes that bring about change.
http://www.preventionaction.org/what-works/shining-light-black-box/5863
