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Correctional Services Research Group

Are you looking for an innovative and experienced academic partner for your research, development and innovation (RDI)  project? At Laurea, we have strong experience in RDI, vast networks to support RDI projects and strong expertise in Correctional Services.

Research Themes

  • Desistance from Crime and Re-entry
  • Social Ethics in Societal Transformation
  • Digital Inclusion of Marginalized Client Groups
  • Digitalisation and Dynamic Security in Correctional Services
  • Multiagency Social Work and Communal Models for Inclusion

 

Laurea is the only University of Applied Sciences to offer a Bachelor's and Master's degree eduation in the field of Correctional Services. Correctional services Research Group's projects are a part of our Sustanable and Versatile social and Health Care Research  Programme. The objective of the research programme is to utilise and produce evidence-based research data and develop end user-driven solutions, services and products.  

Our mission is to promote ethically sustainable research that supports the social and digital inclusion of vulnerable groups and desistance from crime.

Related publications

Järveläinen, E. & Rantanen, T. (2023) Realisation of the priciple of normalisation in the adoption of ICT's in a women's prison: A Finnish qualitative study. Journal of Criminology 

Järveläinen, E. & Rantanen, T. & Toikko, T. (2023) Finnish supervised probationary freedom as support for a desistance from crime. European Probation Journal 

Rantanen, T, Järveläinen, E. & Leppälahti, T.  (2022). Self-efficacy and Use of 
Digital Health Care and Social Welfare Services Among Incarcerated People: 
Cross-sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(5)

Rantanen, T., Järveläinen, E., & Leppälahti, T. (2021). Prisoners as Users of 
Digital Health Care and Social Welfare Services: A Finnish Attitude Survey. 
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), 5528. 

Järveläinen, E. & Rantanen, T. (2021). Incarcerated people's challenges for 
digital inclusion in Finnish prisons. Nordic Journal of Criminology.

Research Group's Master's Degree Programmes

Master’s Degree Programme in Development and Management in Correctional Services  - Offered in Finnish)

Master's Degree Programme in Client-Oriented Development in the Social Services - Offered in Finnish)

 

Research Group Leader

Eeva Järveläinen,  PhD
eeva.jarvelainen@laurea.fi

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Projects related in correctional research

RDI Project DigiIn Towards socially inclusive digital society 

The Project creates solutions which ensure the social welfare and health sector´s digital services and accessibility to everyone.

RDI project Re-entry and Desistance from crime in a Digital era: A cross-national comparative project 

This project will explore how different criminal justice systems and community partners have been able to assist former-prisoners during the COVID19 pandemic.

RDI project Empowering People towards Socially Inclusive Society 

The VoimaProfi project delivers high-quality research and concrete solutions to the challenges of social exclusion and inequality.

RDI project MoveOn 

Multi-agency network model for addressing youth criminal behavior, street violence, and gang formation.

Joint eStories: Journeys from Fear to Fair 

The project focuses on human rights, preventing racism and discrimination and increasing the awareness of human rights violation detection and prevention within European higher education.

RDI project DigiRise - Digitalisoituva rikosseuraamusala | The digitizing field of criminal sanctions 

The research examines the opportunities and challenges related to the digitalization of prisons from the point of view of client involvement and desistance from crime.

RDI project Digikaverit | The Digital Buddy 

In the project, we holistically support people with history of crime to become active members of our society.

RDI project Multiagency social work to support clients released from prison in a digitalizing society 

UNIK - New ways to support youth in desisting from crime through expert-by-experience 

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