Domestic Violence in Prison and Probation Workshop (2021)

Domestic violence is an ongoing phenomenon all around Europe. EuroPris and Confederation of European Probation (CEP) established the expert group on domestic violence to work on improving the management and rehabilitation of offenders with a domestic violence background and to raise awareness about this issue in European Prison and Probation Services.

On 1-2 December CEP and EuroPris organized a joint workshop on Domestic Violence in prison and probation. During the 2-day program, the key areas were focusing on the evaluation of treatment programs, the use of virtual reality, and interagency cooperation. Experts from several jurisdictions presented on these topics, and in the three workshop sessions, there was enough time for discussion and sharing of experiences.

When & Where

1-2 December, 2021

Irish College

Janseniusstraat 1, 3000 Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Agenda

You may find the agenda for the workshop here.

Participants

The workshop is only open for the Public Sector, Academics and NGO’s from European countries.

Presentations

• Overview of Domestic Violence in Europe – by A. Pauncz
• Domestic Violence Interventions: The Evidence – by S. Henfrey
• Intervention Programme for perpetrators of Domestic Violence in Slovak Prisons – by J. Zajac
• The Use of Virtual Reality Technology for Domestic Violence Cases – by D. Ivarsson
• WG on RJ and Gender Based Violence – by L. Hein
• The Use of Restorative Justice Practices in Domestic Violence – by P. Franck
• Domestic Abuse – Investing in Early Interventions to Prevent Offending – by. Dr. G. O’Hare

Further read from speakers of the workshop, Barnes N, Sanchez-Vives MV and Johnston T (2022). On the Practical Use of Immersive Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators in Prison. Front. Psychol. 13:787483. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.787483