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EMCDDA Scientific award 2016 - Deadline 11 March 2016
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Praça find attached a letter from the Scientific Director of the EMCDDA inviting your society to nominate candidates for the 2016 EMCDDA scientific award. > > In addition we also send you a background document containing detailed information on the nomination and review procedure
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ICS One Day Course - Engaging Young People
Institute of Community Safety
Course Title: Engaging Young People
Thursday 17th March 2016 – Chester
10am – 4pm £129 for ICS Members Non Members £149
This is a one day course on how to engage young people and involve them in decision making processes. People say it’s hard to engage young people and help them to develop services they need and want.
Far too often we see young people struggling to have a voice let alone be part of a solution. As a former Community Safety Manager we valued the views of young people in designing out crime but we also shared our way of working with partners who needed to provide services for young people that young people wanted and would use and had an open door for young people to participate in design and delivery.
This course will allow participants/student to explore when and why to engage young people, Explore different methodologies of engaging young people including NEETs and develop opportunities to involve young people in decision making.
Engaging young people in the right way can move communities towards developing solutions that meet their needs and move away from a “sticking plaster” environment and develop the trust of young people.
Who should attend?
• Local authority partners, including Police, Fire, Housing, Healthwatch, Colleges, etc. Which need to engage and involve young people in service Delivery
• Voluntary and Community sector organisations
• Practitioners and officers who wish to engage and involve young people in decision making.
• Team leaders or managers who wish to oversee robust youth engagement and consultation and develop strategies with and for young people
• Councillors who want to build on their work as community leaders
• Police & Crime Commissioners
• Young People who need to have a voice
Course Content:
• How to Engage and Consult Young People
• Get a practical and basic knowledge Youth Engagement techniques
• Examine tools for Engaging Young People
• How to develop a partner Youth Engagement Strategy
• How to involve young people in decision making processes
• How to develop Youth Community research programme
Trainer Geoff Kirkman Chartered MCIPD
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The Challenge and Promise of Using Community Policing Strategies to Prevent Violent Extremism: A Call for Community Partnerships with Law Enforcement
"A new report from the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security suggests that violent extremism may be prevented through the strategic approach of community policing. In "The Challenge and Promise of Using Community Policing Strategies to Prevent Violent Extremism: A Call for Community Partnerships with Law Enforcement to Enhance Public Safety", the success of this partnership hinges on the crucial detail of law enforcement's ability to foster trust in the communities they serve. The authors realize that the reality of the concept is not a rosy picture. Based on nationwide empirical data from both communities and law enforcement agencies, there are several significant obstacles. At large, the challenges focus on law enforcement's ability to handle non-terrorism public safety issues in their jurisdictions, as well as the economic impact (and lack of incentive therein) on police departments of allocating resources to community outreach. However, a more intricate and sensitive set of challenges lie within Muslim American communities. Three main challenges are identified: 1.) Muslim Americans feel they are being tasked with the responsibility to curb violent extremism stemming from their religion, while other non-Muslim communities are not asked to curb other types of extremism. 2.) Some Muslim Americans perceive community outreach initiatives as a surveillance attempt. 3.) Although most Muslim Americans have a positive attitude towards law enforcement, community outreach initiatives are still perceived as an element of a federal counter-terrorism program. Yet, even though the picture isn't rosy, it is far from bleak. The report found that many law enforcement agencies have, in fact, had success with creating a trust-based partnership, even in Muslim American communities. This is the basis for what the report calls the "Promise" - the implementation of "promising practices" which "can be a platform for honoring and respecting the human rights of Muslim American citizens while at the same time advancing the community and national interest of preventing terrorism." The report doesn't stop at the ideological threshold of what should happen. This report provides solid recommendations for both law enforcement agencies and communities for creating and maintaining a relationship in which the "promising practices" can be implemented successfully. For example, not only should local policing agencies create separate units for outreach and engagement, and hire a workforce that reflects the diverse makeup of their community, but community members also need to be more involved in expressing public safety concerns as well as contributing input on practical, non-discriminatory behaviors for engagement. The report is thorough and detailed, and provides many more recommendations than the handful mentioned here."
Firearm Ownership and the Murder of Women in the United States: Evidence That the State-Level Firearm Ownership Rate Is Associated with the Nonstrange
To cite this article:
Siegel Michael B. and Rothman Emily F.. Violence and Gender. January 2016, ahead of print. doi:10.1089/vio.2015.0047.
Online Ahead of Print: January 20, 2016
"Femicide is an important but understudied public health and criminal justice issue. The majority of femicides in the United States are perpetrated with a firearm, and policies that may reduce firearm-related homicides are now being considered at federal and state levels. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of data on firearm ownership and homicide rates in general, and there is an even more severe lack of data on this topic as it pertains to femicide specifically. This is the first study to examine the relationship between firearm ownership and total and gender-specific, stranger versus nonstranger firearm, and total homicide rates across all 50 states during the 33-year period from 1981 through 2013, while controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, region, urbanization, poverty, unemployment, income, education, income inequality, divorce rate, alcohol use, nonviolent crime rate, hate crime rate, suicide rate, and incarceration rate. This study expands upon previous work by using a new and improved proxy for state-level firearm ownership and controlling for state-specific factors that could potentially confound the association between firearm ownership and homicide rates. Results demonstrate that in states where a greater proportion of the public owns firearms, there are more homicides committed, more firearm-related homicides committed, and in particular more nonstranger firearm-related homicides committed, controlling for numerous other factors that could cause spurious associations. In bivariate analyses, the strength of the association between firearm ownership rate and nonstranger firearm-related homicide rate is approximately equivalent for males and females; however, the percentage of variance in the homicide rate explained by firearm ownership is substantially higher for females (41%) compared with males (1.5%). This means that the rate of female nonstranger homicide in a state can be predicted well simply by using the prevalence of firearm ownership in that state. In controlled analyses, we found that, for each 10 percentage point increase in state-level firearm ownership in a state, the female firearm-related homicide rate increases by 10.2%, the female nonstranger homicide rate increases by 7.8%, and the overall female homicide rate increases by 7.3%. There is a specific risk of nonstranger, firearm-related femicide associated with the prevalence of firearm ownership in a state."
The Processing and Treatment of Mentally Ill Persons in the Criminal Justice System
R E S E A R C H R E P O R T
The Processing and Treatment of
Mentally Ill Persons in the Criminal
Justice System
A Scan of Practice and Background Analysis
KiDeuk Kim
Miriam
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Maria Serakos
March 2015
UNODC: UNGASS 2016: Call for NGO Registration now open until 28 March 2016
"The Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS 2016) will be convened from 19 to 21 April 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The program of side events begins on 18 April 2016 with an Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) forum. The UNGASS 2016 will feature a general debate plenary and five interactive, multi-stakeholder round tables conducted in parallel with the plenary.
Representatives of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC are invited to participate in the special session. Representatives of civil society and the scientific community, academia, youth groups and other relevant stakeholders may participate, in accordance with the rules of procedure and established practice of the General Assembly.
To that end, registration is now open for representatives of organizations actively working on drug-related matters from ECOSOC and non-ECOSOC accredited NGOs, civil society, the scientific and academic communities, youth groups and other relevant stakeholders."
UNODC: New multi-year initiative launched to step up global response to trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants
"21 January 2016 - The European Union (EU) and UNODC have launched the Global Action to Prevent and Address Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants. A four-year joint initiative between the EU and UNODC, the programme will be implemented in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) through to 2019.
The programme forms part of a joint response to assist countries to develop and implement effective responses to trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants. UNODC, together with IOM and UNICEF, will focus efforts on assistance to governmental authorities, civil society organizations, victims of trafficking and smuggled migrants.
John Brandolino, UNODC's Director of the Division for Treaty Affairs, welcomed this initiative and stated that the global action signalled the continuing positive relationship between UNODC and the EU. Mr. Brandolino further added that "UNODC's collaboration with IOM and UNICEF is key to successful global action. It will help provide a comprehensive prevention and protection approach to addressing the issue of trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants."
Fernando Frutuoso de Melo, Director General of the European Union's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, added: "Trafficking in human beings is one of the most severe violations of human rights. This new project will help with the prevention efforts and will support the fight against this scourge."
The programme is expected to be delivered across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America in 13 countries, namely: Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, South Africa and Ukraine."
ubmit your abstract for EUROCRIM 2016 Münster, Germany
Don't miss this opportunity to share the results of your research at this premier scientific event!
Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the website 'CALL FOR ABSTRACTS' page at
Frankfurt conference on "Migration and trauma – effects on the next generation"
Many refugees are traumatised, especially the children. They need professional help. How to approach this is the topic of a conference taking place on 4-6 March at the Bockenheim Campus of Goethe University.
The conference is open to teachers and volunteers as well as scientists.
They have experienced terrible things: Bombing raids, death and abuse, an often perilous escape and a not always friendly reception in Germany. Many refugees are traumatised, especially the children. They need professional help. How to approach this is the topic of a conference taking place on
4-6 March at the Bockenheim Campus of Goethe University. The conference is open to teachers and volunteers as well as scientists.
The topic of this international conference is "Migration and trauma – effects on the next generation". The conference is being organised by the Sigmund Freud Institute, Goethe University, the interdisciplinary research centre "Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk“
(IDeA) and the University of Stockholm. "Psychoanalysis today and current empirical attachment research have extensive knowledge of both conceptual as well as preventative and therapeutic approaches to dealing with traumatised people", according to the organiser of the conference, Prof.
Dr. Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Managing Director of the Sigmund Freud Institute. This knowledge formed the theoretical foundation for five prevention projects, which have been offered since 2010 to over one thousand difficult to reach families with migration backgrounds in precarious social situations. These projects focused on early prevention for so-called "at-risk children".
Many studies show how important it is to provide basic help to traumatised people as quickly as possible, in order to mitigate the long term consequences for them and the following generations. "Traumatisation is the result of experiences which expose people to extreme feelings of despair, powerlessness and helplessness, usually combined with a fear of death. Basic trust is also lost. Those affected can no longer rely on anything; not on one another and not on themselves", Leuzinger-Bohleber explains. "This is why traumatised people are particularly vulnerable to migration experiences and to renewed experiences of passivity and powerlessness in the reception centres." Recent studies show that traumatisation also has a lasting influence on stress regulation, which is explained in several presentations at the conference. This affects early parenthood in particular and hence shapes the next generation as well.
Mitigating the danger of traumatisation through educational, socio- pedagogical and therapeutic support is a pressing humanitarian task for many professions at this time. The work of the different professions is highly interdisciplinary, as reflected by the research performed in this field in Frankfurt. "Our research centre "Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk", or IDeA, which in addition to Goethe University also includes the German Institute for International Educational Research and the Sigmund Freud Institute, offers outstanding opportunities in this regard", emphasises Prof. Dr. Sabine Andresen, Professor of Educational Studies at Goethe University.
Discussions at the conference – in German and English – will centre around how the knowledge, which has been and is currently being gained through projects in locations such as Frankfurt, Oslo and Belgrade, can be applied in order to help traumatised children in different educational establishments, from nursery to secondary school. Initial experiences gathered at the refugee clinic at the Sigmund-Freud Institute and the "Michaelis-Dorf" pilot project in a reception centre in Darmstadt will also be presented. This project was started at the end of January and is currently the only one of its kind in Germany. It is managed jointly by the psychoanalyst and professor for Clinical Psychology Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and the professor for Educational Sciences Sabine Andresen. In Darmstadt, students, young scientists and volunteers are working side-by-side to support child refugees. Andresen explains: "It is especially important for children and young people to experience the reception centre as a child-friendly place from the start. They want to feel that they are safe there and can contribute their skills. This sort of place has to be created through educational and leisure programmes, opportunities for participation and open-minded adults."
The conference will take place on Friday (March 4th) at 8:15 pm (Campus Bockenheim, Hörsaalgebäude, Hörsaal VI) complemented by a public lecture by Prof. Dr. Vera King, who in March will take the place of Prof. Dr. Rolf Haubl as Acting Director of the Sigmund Freud Institute as well as taking over as Professor of Social Psychology at Goethe University. She will speak about "Transgenerational transmission in the context of adolescence and migration".
This conference continues the tradition of the Joseph Sandler Research Conferences, which have been held in Frankfurt on the first weekend in March for the past eight years. Sandler and his wife opened psychoanalysis up to increased dialogue with the other sciences during the 1990s, and organised this annual conference with that purpose in mind.
Council of Europe issues guidelines to prevent radicalisation in prisons
CEP: The Council of Europe today issued a set of guidelines to its 47 member states to prevent the radicalisation of prisoners and people under probation, and rehabilitate individuals who have already become radicalised. CEP has taken part in its advisory role at the PC-CP and through out the discussions at the Directors General meeting held in The Hague, last November 2015.
138th session of WHO's Executive Board agrees on draft resolution on WHO global plan of action to address interpersonal violence
On 29 January, governments agreed on a draft resolution on the WHO global plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children. During discussions on the draft resolution, which was co-sponsored by more than 50 Member States, more than 20 countries commented, expressing a strong willingness to address interpersonal violence in all its forms, and to use the WHO global plan of action as a key tool for implementing the violence-related Sustainable Development Goals. The draft resolution recommends that the 69th World Health Assembly to endorse the WHO global plan of action; encourage Member States to adapt the WHO global plan of action at national level in line with their commitments already made, including those reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals; urge Member States to implement the proposed actions; invite partners to implement the necessary actions to contribute to the accomplishment of the four strategic directions of the WHO global plan of action; request the WHO Director-General to implement the proposed actions for the Secretariat in the WHO global plan of action and submit to the 71st World Health Assembly an interim, and to the 74th World Health Assembly, a full report on the progress achieved.
Global Prevalence of Past-year Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review and Minimum Estimates
Susan Hillis, James Mercy, Adaugo Amobi, Howard Kress
Abstract
CONTEXT: Evidence confirms associations between childhood violence and major causes of mortality in adulthood. A synthesis of data on past-year prevalence of violence against children will help advance the United Nations’ call to end all violence against children.
OBJECTIVES: Investigators systematically reviewed population-based surveys on the prevalence of past-year violence against children and synthesized the best available evidence to generate minimum regional and global estimates.
DATA SOURCES: We searched Medline, PubMed, Global Health, NBASE, CINAHL, and the World Wide Web for reports of representative surveys estimating prevalences of violence against children.
Migration and trauma – effects on the next generation"
BockeMany refugees are traumatised, especially the children. They need professional help. How to approach this is the topic of a conference taking place on 4-6 March at the Bockenheim Campus of Goethe University.
The conference is open to teachers and volunteers as well as scientists.
They have experienced terrible things: Bombing raids, death and abuse, an often perilous escape and a not always friendly reception in Germany. Many refugees are traumatised, especially the children. They need professional help. How to approach this is the topic of a conference taking place on
4-6 March at the Bockenheim Campus of Goethe University. The conference is open to teachers and volunteers as well as scientists.
The topic of this international conference is "Migration and trauma – effects on the next generation". The conference is being organised by the Sigmund Freud Institute, Goethe University, the interdisciplinary research centre "Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk“
(IDeA) and the University of Stockholm. "Psychoanalysis today and current empirical attachment research have extensive knowledge of both conceptual as well as preventative and therapeutic approaches to dealing with traumatised people", according to the organiser of the conference, Prof.
Dr. Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Managing Director of the Sigmund Freud Institute. This knowledge formed the theoretical foundation for five prevention projects, which have been offered since 2010 to over one thousand difficult to reach families with migration backgrounds in precarious social situations. These projects focused on early prevention for so-called "at-risk children".
Many studies show how important it is to provide basic help to traumatised people as quickly as possible, in order to mitigate the long term consequences for them and the following generations. "Traumatisation is the result of experiences which expose people to extreme feelings of despair, powerlessness and helplessness, usually combined with a fear of death. Basic trust is also lost. Those affected can no longer rely on anything; not on one another and not on themselves", Leuzinger-Bohleber explains. "This is why traumatised people are particularly vulnerable to migration experiences and to renewed experiences of passivity and powerlessness in the reception centres." Recent studies show that traumatisation also has a lasting influence on stress regulation, which is explained in several presentations at the conference. This affects early parenthood in particular and hence shapes the next generation as well.
Mitigating the danger of traumatisation through educational, socio- pedagogical and therapeutic support is a pressing humanitarian task for many professions at this time. The work of the different professions is highly interdisciplinary, as reflected by the research performed in this field in Frankfurt. "Our research centre "Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk", or IDeA, which in addition to Goethe University also includes the German Institute for International Educational Research and the Sigmund Freud Institute, offers outstanding opportunities in this regard", emphasises Prof. Dr. Sabine Andresen, Professor of Educational Studies at Goethe University.
Discussions at the conference – in German and English – will centre around how the knowledge, which has been and is currently being gained through projects in locations such as Frankfurt, Oslo and Belgrade, can be applied in order to help traumatised children in different educational establishments, from nursery to secondary school. Initial experiences gathered at the refugee clinic at the Sigmund-Freud Institute and the "Michaelis-Dorf" pilot project in a reception centre in Darmstadt will also be presented. This project was started at the end of January and is currently the only one of its kind in Germany. It is managed jointly by the psychoanalyst and professor for Clinical Psychology Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and the professor for Educational Sciences Sabine Andresen. In Darmstadt, students, young scientists and volunteers are working side-by-side to support child refugees. Andresen explains: "It is especially important for children and young people to experience the reception centre as a child-friendly place from the start. They want to feel that they are safe there and can contribute their skills. This sort of place has to be created through educational and leisure programmes, opportunities for participation and open-minded adults."
The conference will take place on Friday (March 4th) at 8:15 pm (Campus Bockenheim, Hörsaalgebäude, Hörsaal VI) complemented by a public lecture by Prof. Dr. Vera King, who in March will take the place of Prof. Dr. Rolf Haubl as Acting Director of the Sigmund Freud Institute as well as taking over as Professor of Social Psychology at Goethe University. She will speak about "Transgenerational transmission in the context of adolescence and migration".
This conference continues the tradition of the Joseph Sandler Research Conferences, which have been held in Frankfurt on the first weekend in March for the past eight years. Sandler and his wife opened psychoanalysis up to increased dialogue with the other sciences during the 1990s, and organised this annual conference with that purpose in mind.
nheim Campus of Goethe University Frankfurt
RSVP Now for the Monash Criminological Horizons Annual Lecture from 12pm on 6 April 2016 – Sexual Violence: New and Persistent Challenges
"Sexual violence and exploitation is a significant and serious ongoing social problem. With the evolution of advanced technologies, we are witnessing new and persistent challenges emerging in how we can best respond, prevent and address the significant harms caused by sexual violence, alongside modern mechanisms and outlets for “achieving justice” for victim-survivors. Despite the introduction of a variety of wide-ranging law reforms and extensive education campaigns, dissatisfaction with the criminal justice system in responding to sexual violence and disillusionment with ongoing, misguided social attitudes towards individuals experiencing these harms, has not abated"
Non-offending parents as secondary victims of child sexual assault
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 500
Georgina Fuller
ISSN 1836-2206
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, March 2016
"Foreword | Informal support systems play an important role in assisting primary victims cope with their experience post-crime. The experience of primary victims can have a vicarious impact on the individuals who comprise these support systems. This research explores the impact of child sexual assault on a sample of 26 non-offending parents, with a particular focus on examining the link between a parent’s thoughts and feelings about the assault and their subsequent support of, and assistance to, the primary victim. The results of the qualitative analysis show parents experienced a wide range of negative emotional responses to their child’s victimisation, and these reactions may have influenced what support the parent was able to provide. In particular, parents reported feelings of anger, sadness and guilt; they became overprotective and isolated from their children, partners, family, friends and community. The implications of these findings for the treatment and support of parents of victims of child sexual assault are also discussed"
HBSC international report: Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people's health and well-being published
For 30 years HBSC has been a pioneer cross-national study gaining insight into young people's well-being, health behaviours and their social context. This research collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe is conducted every four years in 44 countries and regions across Europe and North America. With adolescents making about one sixth of the world's population, HBSC uses its findings to inform policy and practice to improve the lives of millions of young people.
UNESCO Internet Study:Keystones to foster inclusive Knowledge Societies
Following UNESCO’s 196 Executive Board Resolution, the finalized comprehensive Internet Study is hereby launched in English and French so as to inform the forthcoming 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in November 2015.
The transnational and multi-dimensional nature of Cyberspace and its growing importance presents new frontiers with unparalleled opportunities and challenges for access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy and ethics.
The Internet Study being undertaken by UNESCO is seeking to provide the necessary clarity to support holistic approaches to addressing this broad range of interrelated issues as well as their short and long-term effects.
International Perspectives on Crime Prevention
The next Annual International Forum of Crime Prevention, in English language, will take place in the German City of Magdeburg, on the occasion of the 21st German Congress on Crime Prevention on the 6th and 7th of June 2016.
The GCCP has published AIF Conference Reports. The PDF-Versions of the up to now 7 Volumes can be downloaded free of charge
Corrective Services, Australia, December Quarter 2015
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has recently released Corrective Services, Australia, December Quarter 2015. This quarterly report presents information for each state and territory. Information available includes: sex; age; imprisonment rates; legal status (sentenced, unsentenced); type of custody (secure, open); sentenced receptions; federal prisoners and type of community-based corrective services orders.
International Law Exchange Service: ILES in Tuebingen
Are you interested in exchanging views about legal and policy issues regarding criminal law, penal procedure, juvenile justice, criminal court organization, constitutional and human rights questions of crime control etc.? Then you may like to join the ILES-net
Digitized Books and other Documents on Criminology, Criminal Justice and other Issues
The division of “DigiKrimDok” has been launched in Tuebingen as part of the nation-wide literature dissemination and information service FID-Kriminologie, as funded by the German Research Association. It is a free of charge accessible Repository on out-of-print Publications, including Journals like the International Annals of Criminology. You can find there, and start also therein Full-Text Search Procedures
KrimDok-Literature Database: Launch of a fully overhauled new system
The Tuebingen Criminology and Criminal Justice Literature Database has for many years been part of the German resp. Interregional Information Exchange and Publication Loan Service system, financially supported by the German Research Association. Due to a special fund of the GRA for the newly established FID-Kriminologie, the whole database-system has been overhauled. You will find there some 240,000 entries, concerning primordially publications in German and English, but also publications in French, Spanish, Italian and a few other languages. In case of interest, please check the New KrimDok under: https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/ At the upper-right corner of the homepage, you can click on the bar “Sprache” and change it to the English language version.
At Forum, Correctional Leaders and Practitioners Discuss Strategies for Reducing Recidivism Statewide
March 23, 2016
By the CSG Justice Center
Representatives from correctional systems in 12 states came to Washington, DC, in early March to set strategies for and share experiences around reducing recidivism in their states and across the country.
Springer Publishing House: Criminal Justice Month
It is an advert "for the whole month of March, 2016" to get free access to, and probably also download of, PDF versions of interesting articles as published in English language criminology and criminal justice journals.
This month we are supporting National Criminal Justice Month (USA) to raise awareness of the causes and consequences of crime through academic research.
In 2009 the United States Congress established March as National Criminal Justice Month in part because the criminal justice system touches the lives of nearly every American in one form or another.
The impact of criminal justice reaches around the world, so we have selected articles from across the Americas, Europe, and Asia to show the importance of international comparative and collaborative research.
This research covers all aspects of criminal justice including policing, corrections, criminogical theory, societal effects, crime detection and prevention, victim support, and the impact of research on policy.
All articles below are free to read for the entire month of March 2016.
Radicalisation: 1st European colloquium of the LIAISE 2 project on 26-27 May in Bordeaux
Paris, March 2016 – When it generates violent forms of extremism and terrorist acts in our countries and cities, radicalisation is a major challenge to our societies. The fact that this violence is homegrown questions the shortcomings of our societies and threatens to divide us when we need precisely to be united in the face of violence. Communication on the problem of violence is particularly touchy. How to talk about this issue? How to communicate on notions that are debatable? How to speak to all citizens? How to communicate in a balanced and responsible way without stigmatising any group of population? How to discuss openly society’s difficulties while promoting a rhetoric of cohesion? How to guarantee the freedom of opinion, conscience and expression, including radical points of view, while strengthening the limits established by law on incitement to hatred and calls for violence?
Dialogue with citizens and the mobilisation of society are key to counter and prevent radicalisation leading to violent extremism. In addition, there is the question of how to counter the extremist narrative. How to deconstruct and demystify it? How to reach the public targeted by extremists? What role can cities play in the organisation and dissemination of counter-narratives?
Health Programme - Annual work plan for 2016
EU: The annual work plan 2016 for the health programme was adopted on 01 March 2016.
The act is available in English, French and German and the annexes in English.
A summary of the annexes is available in English, French and German.
UCL Jill Dando Institute Crime Analysis training course
Monday 11th - Thursday 14th April 2016
I have been a police analyst for 6 years. I never really learn anything on the courses my Force send me on. If I’m honest, they are a bit of a waste of time. But this course ... Wow! I learned so much, particularly about different types of data and techniques.” Police Senior Intelligence Analyst
The UCL JDI Crime Analysis course offers the essential skills that an analyst requires to become pro-actively involved in information-driven, evidence-based, problem solving approaches to reducing crime, ASB and other community safety issues. The course is highly interactive, and is designed to improve an analyst’s awareness of data that are available across a range of agencies for analysis, extend their skills in analytical techniques, and build their confidence in ensuring that analysis is used to influence decision-making.
The course is suitable for the analysis of all types of volume crime (e.g., burglary, violent crime, theft), serious crime (e.g., child sexual exploitation, sexual assaults), organised crime, cybercrime, road traffic accidents (e.g., bicycle collisions and cyclist fatalities) and all other types of incidents relating to crime and ASB (examples from previous courses have included counterfeit goods, illegal imports, youth cannabis use, repeat callers, and problem families). The course places great emphasis on helping analysts to develop good quality problem profiles and target profiles.
IHRN - 2016 Training Programme - Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches
2016 Dates: Monday 27th June to Friday 1st July
Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
This annual IHRN training programme aims at enhancing the skills of justice sector personnel, consultants, managers etc., in applying Human Rights Based Approaches to Justice Sector Reform. The programme is designed for people working in the justice sector (with state or non-state institutions) or undertaking Rule of law/Governance assignments (e.g. UN, EC Framework Contract Lot 7 - Governance and Home Affairs) as well as justice sector personnel wishing to adapt their expertise for international consultancy work.
Knowledge and skills enhanced include:
• The legal principles, policies & practice underpinning human rights based approaches to justice sector reform
• The inter-linkages between justice sector roles (law enforcement, judiciary, corrections/rehabilitation, etc.)
• The relationship between the justice sector and related terms; 'security sector', 'rule of law', 'good governance'
• Human Rights Based needs assessment, programme design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation
• Programming tools & checklists (including benchmarks & indicators of human rights change)
• Case studies from national contexts as well as international field missions (including conflict and post-conflict)
• Teamwork, advocacy, strategic partnerships and international work opportunities in the sector
IHRN offers some scholarship support to enable participation by some suitably qualified applicants who would not otherwise be able to do so. An IHRN Scholarship is designed for an individual from a non-OECD country, working with a civil society organisation on justice sector reform. Regrettably we are not in a position to offer financial support to officials of inter-governmental organisations or state bodies. Scholarship applicants are advised to apply before 17th April 2016.
For a police service close to and at the service of citizens – Resolution of Efus’ Executive Committee
Matosinhos, 17 March 2016
The elected representatives from the Executive Committee of the European Forum for Urban Security call to mind the conclusions from the Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis manifesto, “Security, Democracy and Cities,” which emphasise the fact that the police should be considered important players in the prevention chain, and that cities should play an intermediary role between the police and civil society in order to strengthen police-population relations.
Concerned about the current climate of social tension as a result of the economic and financial crisis, the refugee reception crisis, the terrorist threat and the identity crisis found in multiple European countries, they reiterate the need for the institutions in power to develop a police service which works for the service of all its citizens. Furthermore, a service which is also equipped and trained to defend the principles of democracy and ensure a quality service to the public by being accessible, responsive, open and transparent to the community, as advocated by the community policing doctrine.
With the recommendations published in February 2016 following the IMPPULSE project which aimed to strengthen police-public relations, Efus consolidated its official doctrine with regard to the issue of police-population relations.
On this basis, the Executive Committee wants to call to attention the importance of:
◾The global framework for police action and links with the criminal justice system, so that the public understands that the police service is not the only agent responsible for security, but is in fact one of many actors working for social cohesion within the community.
◾Constructing the police’s doctrine of action based on the principles of co-production and community policing to provide answers to the everyday problems of citizens, by promoting the quality of service provided and developing partnerships with other institutions to better analyse crime and the citizens’ needs, and to contribute and respond to these.
◾Organising the police service through a bottom-up partnership-based approach whilst taking into account the principle of subsidiarity, regularly reporting to its citizens the state of security, all without neglecting minorities and residents of outlying and suburban districts.
◾Developing a police service that is a mirror image of its society, with special attention paid to recruiting young officers with equal competences, to give equal chance to all candidates.
◾The intermediary role of the city to strengthen the police-population relationship, taking into account the different legal and cultural realities in European countries, cities must be involved in the creation and animation of consultative forums representative of the population, which will in turn enable the establishment of a dialogue on the priorities for preventative police activities. Cities can equally play a role in guiding the citizens’ participation in the preventative action of security forces.
◾To have a police service which is visible and clearly identifiable by its citizens, and which organises a reception of the public which takes into account the population’s geographical constraints and sociological components.
◾That the police organises its media communication in such a way that its work, in every aspect but particularly in its community policing missions, is better represented in the press and all media productions, in order to avoid only highlighting security forces’ “crime fighting”-type operations or other sensational news.
◾That the police is able to communicate effectively and convey its actions regularly and with transparency.
◾To train police officers by integrating courses on the topics of violence management, mediation techniques, communication methods and mutual representations, and to promote knowledge of each territory and its population into their basic and ongoing training.
◾Lastly, the question of evaluation is fundamental. Developing quantitative and qualitative follow-up tools on the evolution of police-population relations in order to measure the effects of already launched projects remains a priority.
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This resolution is based upon:
– The recommendations of the Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis manifesto: “The police as an agent of prevention” (2012).
– The European Code of Police Ethics from the Council of Europe (See Recommendation Rec (2001)10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Code of Police Ethics).
– The Executive Committee resolution of the French Forum for Urban Security (FFSU) March 2016 “For a national police service at the service of its citizens”.
– The work of the cities involved in the IMPPULSE project (2014-2015).
– All projects involving the question of the police organised by Efus since its creation.
Apply Now: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), which supports innovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who come into contact with the justice system. BJA will prioritize applications from law enforcement agencies that demonstrate a collaborative project with mental health partners to plan, implement, or expand strategies that are tailored to the needs of people with mental disorders.
ICSR Insight – German Jihadists in Syria and Iraq: An Update
29/02/2016
by Daniel H. Heinke, ICSR Associate Fellow*
The German security authorities recently published a new study that brings together information on 677 individuals who departed Germany for Syria or Iraq before June 30, 2015.
The analysis is based on data provided by the German police and domestic intelligence agencies both at the federal and state level. It was jointly conducted by the Bundeskriminalamt (the Federal Criminal Police Agency), the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (the Federal Domestic Intelligence Service), and the Hessian Centre of Information and Expertise on Extremism, and released by the Permanent Conference of the Ministers of the Interior of the Länder.
ICPC: International comparative study on prevention of radicalisation
This international study aims to gather information regarding both conceptualization and trends, and tools of prevention (legislative and practical), especially those linked to the social prevention of this issue.
In order to accomplish this goal, the study will be conducted in two phases
1) A systematic literature review. Good practices were identified and described, as well as institutions and actors that can contribute to the prevention of radicalisation. This phase will be published in January.
2) Interviews with key actors in various countries will be carried out during 2016.
(available in French)
Horizon 2020 – Developing a Successful Proposal
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020). The course will focus on legal, financial and administrative aspects for implementing high quality project proposals
Sessions:
11-12 April 2016
Location:
Science 14 Atrium
Rue de La Science 14b, Brussels (Belgium)
research report: Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools: Practitioners’ Perspectives
WestEd By Sarah Guckenburg, Nancy Hurley, Hannah Persson, Trevor Fronius, Anthony Petrosino This research report, developed by researchers at the WestEd Justice & Prevention Research Center, focuses on how practitioners are integrating restorative justice (RJ) practices into their schools as an alternative to traditional responses to student misbehavior. The report covers how and when RJ is used in schools, and the successes and challenges schools face. The study findings are based on data from both a survey of and interviews with practitioners who are implementing RJ in schools.
ACUNS: 2016 Workshop: ‘Supporting States’ Implementation of International Law’
Where: O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India
When: October 1-12, 2016
Application Deadline: Monday, May 9, 2016
Program Theme & Policy Relevance
In the famous expression of Louis Henkin, “almost all nations observe almost all principles of international law and almost all of their obligations almost all of the time” (Louis Henkin, How Nations Behave 1979).
Governments comply with international law not simply – or even primarily – because of the threat of sanctions, but for many other reasons: because they consider compliance to be in their national interests; they think this is the moral thing to do; they want to maintain friendly relations with other states; and because they don’t like to be the subject of international criticism for failing to do so. When states do not comply with international law, this might not be because of malign intentions and bad faith, but also because of lack of information or lack of capacity to comply. How can or should other states and the international community deal with governments of states that are willing, but unable to comply? What facilitation mechanisms and processes, what forms of support and incentive, can be envisaged to assist and encourage states in the implementation of international law?
European Academy for educational and social research:Communication and Social Media Strategies for EU Projects
One day seminar to bulid successful communication workpackages and social media strategies for EU Projects
Why to take this course?
The Seminar „Communication and Social Media Strategies for EU Projects“ will enable professionals tasked with branding, public affairs, marketing communications (internal or external) or community engagement to plan, execute and assess a comprehensive and effective social media campaign for their European agencies, organisations, programmes and projects Through a combination of an extensive presentation of the tools, case study analysis and simulations, participants will increase their expertise in communication strategies and social media campaign management, to craft an authentic and effective "voice" for their organizations and communities in the European market.
April 18th 2016
from 9:00 AM to 17.00 PM
at Science14 Atrium
Rue de La Science 14b, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
