Radicalization and Extremism Prevention

Integrated Exit Program for Prisons and Probation (Group and Tutored)


Description

This training course responds to one of the global security concerns: the problem of radicalization leading to violent extremism. It consists of a training course on exit strategies.


The structure of this course is very much based on the understanding of the background and the fundamentals of radicalization, on risk analysis and assessment as well as on the topic of deradicalization and disengagement, focusing on intervention principles and approaches and on exit programs and strategies.


Estimated duration: 5h per week, for 3 weeks.


Who should attend?

• Prison staff

• Probation staff

• Professionals from community organizations


Training modality

• Blended learning: e-Learning, self-study, and live online sessions with a trainer. The latter at the end of each module.


Pre-requisites

• Working in a prison service;

• A minimum of 10 participants is required to start this course. We will make sure the groups are formed accordingly once the 10 enrolled trainees are reached.


Certification

• Certificate of completion


Course duration

Total: 16h

• E-learning: 8h

• Self-study: 2h

• Live sessions with a trainer: 6h


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The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal and The Netherlands, under the WayOut project, co-funded by the European Commission under the Internal Security Fund - Police programme. The course content is free to access (except any modules with restricted access due to certification requirements). The price associated with this course refers to expert tutoring and learning management system fees.

Content
  • IPS Training activity regulation
  • Orientation module
  • Module I - Understanding the background of radicalisation
  • Contents - Module I
  • Introduction
  • The fundamentals of radicalisation
  • Exercises - The fundamentals of radicalisation
  • Pathways to radicalisation
  • Exercises - Pathways to radicalisation
  • Levels and mechanisms of radicalisation
  • Exercises - Levels and mechanisms of radicalisation
  • Radicalisation in prison and probation settings
  • Exercises - Radicalisation in prison and probation settings
  • Module II - Radicalisation risk analysis and assessment
  • Contents - Module II
  • Radicalisation risk analysis in prison and probation
  • Exercises - Radicalisation risk analysis in prison and probation
  • Procedures for radicalisation risk assessment
  • Exercises - Procedures for radicalisation risk assessment
  • The concept of dynamic security
  • Exercises - The concept of dynamic security
  • Module III - Deradicalisation and disengagement
  • Contents - Module III
  • Intervention principles and approaches
  • Exercises - Intervention principles and approaches
  • Exit programmes and strategies
  • Exercises - Exit programmes and strategies
  • Evaluation methods for exit programmes and strategies
  • Exercises - Evaluation methods for exit programmes and strategies
  • Evaluation framework
  • Exercises - Evaluation framework
  • Methodological framework
  • Exercises - Methodological framework
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever