21st Century Prisons: The Need for Staff Specialization, Support and Training

BABEŞ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY
LifeLong Learning Centre,
together with
The National Penitentiary Administrations (NPA)
and International Correction and Prison Association

organized on the 14th of April 2009 the conference:

21st Century Prisons: The Need for Staff Specialization, Support and Training
Guest: PhD. Univ. prof. Elaine Crawley,
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of Salford Centre for Prison Studies, University of Salford, Greater Manchester

Dr. Elaine Crawley has conducted extensive research into the working lives of prison staff, and into the coping strategies and experiences of prisoners. During the past 12 years her research into these issues has taken place not only in the UK, but also in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Canada and the United States. Her best-known publication is a book called 'Doing Prison Work: the public and private lives of prison officers', which was published in 2004.


Participants: approximately 60 persons, especially NPA staff, university staff and students from Babeş-Bolyai University.

The conference took place in English.