Point of View

Capacity needs of the Probation Service in Armenia (Part II: Possible solutions)
Establishment of the State Probation Service was long due and on 17 May 2016 the Law on Probation Service was passed in...
Capacity needs of the Probation Service in Armenia (Part I: Outlining the Problems)
Establishment of the State Probation Service was long due and on 17 May 2016 the Law on Probation Service was passed in...
Rehabilitation programmes for probationers
Recently as a result of round tables and workshops, the Civil Society Institute gathered various views of the...
CSI’s recommendations in order to improve the competitiveness of offenders in the labor market
There are some positive developments in state policies and legal regulation in regard to the persons in conflict with...
Factors that limit employment and earnings among offenders
There is lack of credible data on the employment of offenders and ex-offenders in Armenia. National Statistical Service...
Rehabilitation of offenders through employment and educational opportunities: situation in Armenia
The Armenian Government (Ministry of Justice) on numerous occasions stated that it is moving its national penal system...
Offender Risk and Needs Assessment: key element of the activity of Probation Service
Among the main goals of all criminal justice process and sanction system are prevention of recidivism and correction of...
The institute of mediation included in the new Law on Probation
On June 6, 2016, the first Armenian Law on Probation and Probation Service has entered into force. This is an important...
Juveniles from the perspective of the new Law on Probation.
According to statistics in 2015 80 juveniles were tried before Armenian courts, 18 of whom were at the age of 14-16. 5...
Restorative justice: “what can we do to make things right?”
Since independence, Armenia has adopted thousands of new laws, including three editions of the state’s Constitution,...