The history of the EPEA December 12, 2022 After a long gestation our book has seen the light of day and we are pleased to share a copy with you. Although conceived in 1989, the EPEA was really an organisation … Read More
Abstract This MSc thesis explores the application of the principles of Nordic Exceptionalism (normalization, openness, education, responsibility, security) in the Danish incarceration system. Specifically, ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with inmates, teachers, and guards were held in the closed Storstrøm prison … Read More
Following the ‘1st International Cycle of Conferences: Prison Education – Paths and Challenges’, held during the month of April 2022, a joint organization of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal) and the Portuguese Prison Education Association … Read More
On Friday 30th September the European Prison Education Association (EPEA) was delighted to host an event to celebrate the conclusion of the innovative Erasmus Funded Arts of Freedom project. Colleagues from the Netherlands branch of the EPEA arranged a beautiful … Read More
This manual explores… the most important competencies in offender rehabilitation: relationship skills, pro-social modelling, problem solving, motivational interviewing and cognitive restructuring. Each skill is described from both a theoretical and a practical perspective and is developed through different exercises, reflection … Read More
Book by Paul Downes ISBN-13: 978-9401787949ISBN-10: 9401787948 Review by Cormac Behan