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The last couple of months I have had the opportunity to work with editor Dr. Frank Porporino, and fellow guest editors Dr. Victoria Knight & Hans Meurisse on the new edition of the Advancing Corrections Journal. It was very enriching to read the various submissions and to learn how my colleagues often look at the

A lot of misunderstanding about technology is often related to how terminology and buzzwords start to be used out of context, becoming mainstream and setting expectations. I believe this happens often with the concept of digital transformation where the emphasis is put more on digital than on the transformational aspect of it. Digital transformation, however,

Stichting Restorative Justice Nederland is part of a European partnership WISH-EU. WISH-EU stands for Working In Small scale Detention Houses. With this partnership RJN is organizing learning labs as part of the European programme WISH-EU. As part of WISH-EU, on February 7 from 10.00-12.00 Veronique Aicha will moderate an online learning lab about technology in

It’s almost summertime, traditional a period to reflect on some interesting events and evolutions over the past academic year. I’ve seen it has been more then a year since I’ve posted my latest article hear. The global pandemic has accelerated both the adoption and the conversations related to the value of technology in corrections… which

AI in offender management: I would advocate some modesty…. let us first invest in embracing technology to improve our existing correctional systems…create space for more human…and humane work. Based on what we as humans already know for quite some time… before expecting the help from machines or hoping they will be more successful in this