IN-CJ Webinars: Fergus McNeill Comparing Rehabilitation – Why, Where and How?
The International Network for Criminal Justice is holding two forthcoming online events exploring rehabilitation, reintegration and the comparative development of criminal justice practice across Europe.
Comparing Rehabilitation – Why, Where and How?
The first online event will take place on Thursday 7th May 2026 at 4.00 p.m. UK time.
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This online webinar will feature Professor Fergus McNeill of the University of Glasgow, whose work has examined punishment, rehabilitation, reintegration and desistance over many years. Drawing on his research and wider contribution to criminal justice development, this opening session will consider why rehabilitation should be compared across different countries, what can be learned from those comparisons, and how rehabilitative ideals are translated into practice in different legal, social and institutional settings.
This discussion will look beyond formal policy statements and ask how rehabilitation is actually understood, delivered, experienced and evaluated in practice. It will explore the value of comparative thinking for those seeking to develop more effective, humane and reflective criminal justice systems. This session will be facilitated by Professor Rob Canton.
Comparing Rehabilitation – International Conversations
The second online event will take place on Wednesday 10th June 2026 at 4.00 p.m. UK time.
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This follow-up online roundtable will be held to facilitate an international conversation about rehabilitation in practice. Bringing together contributors from Scotland, the Netherlands and Norway, it will reflect on different models of rehabilitative work, the pressures and contradictions within reform-oriented systems, and the value of comparative dialogue for practitioners, researchers and policy thinkers.
Together, these two events will offer an opportunity to consider how different jurisdictions approach rehabilitation and reintegration, what assumptions shape these approaches, and what lessons may be drawn through open and thoughtful international exchange.
We hope these events will be of interest to academics, practitioners, policymakers and all those concerned with the future of criminal justice development.
