Prison sentences of less than a year should be handed down “only as a ‘last resort’ because they fail to stop re-offending, the justice secretary has told The Times and The Sunday Times.” thetimes.co.uk/article/under-…

Editors Ioan Durnescu Hannah Graham @ProfMEvans @fergus_mcneill and Sage Criminology are pleased to introduce a new COMMENTARIES section of the European Journal of Probation. Pls RT! First discussion topic is comparing tools for assessing violent extremism journals.sagepub.com/page/ejp/comme…

SPECTO conference to be held in Timisoara on 13 - 14 September 2018. Hope to meet you there!

Pls RT: To celebrate a decade of the European Journal of Probation 🎉: Call for Papers for 10th Anniversary Special Issue '10 years of European #Probation', to be published in mid-December 2018. #CfP journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmsc…

We are recruiting PRILA Trinity Research in Social Sciences TCD Law School! Postdoc position available examining effects of international prison monitoring, more details here: tcd.ie/law/research/p… #criminology #humanrights #regulation. Please RT!

From tomorrow, I'll be tweeting from the Reintegration Puzzle Conference in Hobart, Australia about #reintegration/resettlement, prison, #probation & parole, rehabilitation, #desistance. Follow #RPC2018 Reintegration Puzzle Conference. I'm looking forward to giving one of the keynotes tomorrow! 😊

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The Guardian view on privatising probation: ideology over facts.Editorial #probation lnkd.in/g8rtm6b lnkd.in/gV_it7V

Prof. Ioan Durnescu explores alternatives to #detention during the Criminal Justice Summer Course on #radicalisation in #Barcelona. European Forum for Restorative Justice - EFRJ EuroPris

All the participants of the #Criminal #Justice Summer Course about #radicalisation finished their workshops today. We are looking back at a wonderful week in Barcelona!

Interesting @RANEurope paper about the use of protective and promotive factors for building resilience against #violent #radicalisation. bit.ly/2N8fDCH

NEW article: ‘'An inside job’: An autobiographical account of #desistance' by Wayne Hart and Deirdre Healy, UCD Criminology, in the European Journal of #Probation. Please RT! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

This is an excellent article and I strongly recommend you all read it! UCD Criminology UCDSocialPolWorkJust UCD Social Sciences x.com/eurojprobation…

My radio interview w/ SeánMoncrieff this afternoon, regarding role of #SocialEnterprise in helping ex-offenders into employment. Listen back - 8 - 46607 - 30th July 2018 - Moncrieff Part 1 newstalk.com/listen_back/8/… via NewstalkFM Siobhan Cafferty Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

The International #Criminal #Justice Summer Course on #Radicalisation was a great start of the CEP summer! The workshop reports are available on our website now! bit.ly/2MfvJKw

#probation #criminaljustice #forensicpsychology   Keep up to date with what is happening  in the vibrant, energetic and always open world of probation and community supervision and measures in Europe by reading and contributing to the CEP newletter. lnkd.in/gAW7rc6

New article: Electronic Monitoring and Monitoring Probation: The Case of Ireland, by Dr Brian Moss EuroJournalProbation journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #Probation #Electronicmonitoring #Tagging

Come and say hello to the Sage Criminology team at #eurocrim2018!

We are ready for the second day of the CEP Technology in #Probation Expert Meeting in Helsinki that we organised together with the Finnish Probation Service Rikosseuraamuslaitos.