R. Villé, U. Zvekic & J. F. Klaus (eds.) Promoting probation internationally. UNICRI publication No 58. Rome 1998.

Table of Contents

Preface

Editors' notes

Recommendations

Opening and introductory statements

• Alfred Sant (Prime Minister of Malta)
• Herman F. Woltring (Director of UNICRI)
• Richard C. Nzerem (Assistant Director of the Legal & Constitutional Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat)

Key note addresses

International trends in non-custodial sanctions
Ugljesa Zvekic

Developments in probation: an international perspective
Robert Harris

Knowledge transfer and its mismanagement:
the 'what works' for administration and leaders
Jon F. Klaus

Session one

What works in corrections? A blueprint for action
Larry L. Motiuk

Working group reports on

• Types of supervision and 'what works'
• Community based offender programmes
• Use of volunteers

Session two

Developing a probation capability: assessment, monitoring, evaluation and training
Michael Hough

Working group reports on

• Training
• Risk assessment
• Performance indicators and minimum standards

Session three

Probation as a community-based programme
Joseph K. Gitau

Working group reports on

• Probation practice and the culture
• Introducing and revitalising probation: political dimension

Session four

Leadership in the management of the criminal justice system
Don Demers

Working group reports on

• Knowledge transfer and international co-operation
• Probation, law enforcement and social welfare

Session five

The draft Handbook on Probation Services: Guidelines for Probation Practitioners and Managers
Renaud Villé

European standards in the area of community sanctions and measures
Wolfgang Rau

The Permanent European Conference on Probation and Aftercare (CEP)
Peter Gründler

Closing statement

Charles Mangion (Minister of Justice of Malta)

General report

International co-operation in probation
Robert Harris

Technical co-operation needs

Evaluation

Annexes

• The Needs/Risks Assessment Record developed by South Bank University
• Examples of the output from the Offender Group Reconviction Score developed by the Home Office
• Programme
• List of participants