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PurposeThe paper aims to present a pedagogical model tailored to the development of key competences in the urban planning profession in post-socialist transitional countries that is based on the creation of an integrated platform for dialogue and the development of professional competences as part of the process, whereby students produce their final projects.Design/methodology/approachThe pedagogical model is based on the principles of education for sustainable development and focuses on the establishment of a repeatable platform for dialogue between students and mentors, members of the mentoring team, the local community, external members of the consulting team of experts and foreign master's degree programmes, in the process of producing students' projects. The proposed method addresses several dimensions, including: the education of students, teachers, professionals and local experts, the establishment of a network for cooperation and collaboration and the delivery of practical and usable results.FindingsThe paper provides a comparative overview of the pedagogical model's application in producing the final master's degree projects of three generations of students, as well as its alignment with the needs of re-defining the role and reach of the profession of urban planner in an environment of post-socialist transition. The model was improved, enhanced and optimised through this process and then corroborated with its practical implementation.Originality/valueThe innovative pedagogical model comprises an instrument to enhance the professional capacities of all participants in the production of final master's projects: academics, practitioners and future professionals/students, through discussions of topical issues, innovative modes of work and new professional responses grounded in the local context and tested by a broad range of stakeholders. It is of particular importance for countries in transition experiencing a shift in the paradigm of professional action, especially as the proposed pedagogical model establishes a problem-solving platform that surpasses academia.

This paper aims at critically re-assessing the new regulatory framework for public policy governance in Serbia, a structure of crucial importance for urban governance. Public policy regulation is a key objective of Serbia's Regulatory Reform and Public Policy Improvement Strategy, 2016-2020. The first measure envisaged under the Action Plan to implement this Strategy is the creation of a common legal framework for governing public policies through the enactment of a Planning System Law. Its purpose is to govern the planning system by: (a) defining mechanisms for the adoption and mutual alignment of public policies; (b) establishing instruments to direct public policies and linking policymaking with budgeting; and (c) formalising the currently informal planning practice and integrating it with formal planning in all areas of public policy in Serbia. In the absence of an appropriate regulatory framework, Serbia's current practices in urban governance have caused a proliferation of mutually unaligned documents and uncoordinated actions by stakeholders at various levels of government, resulting in the unsustainable use of resources and the generation of spatial conflicts. The proposed Planning System Law marks an advance in the understanding of the role and purpose of the public sector in urban governance in line with the concept of sustainable development and the requirements of European integration. This paper will review this Law proposal as a new legislative framework, which ought to contribute to the establishment of system and a system governance model. Therefore, the structure of the system, regarding its elements and their mutual relations, will be analysed with reference to systems theory and the model for the governance of the development process. After omissions were identified in the consistency and integration of the proposed solutions, recommendations to improve the system and its management were developed in line with the contemporary concept of good governance.

This chapter suggests a new view on the arrangement of urban governance for Serbia, where an Integrated Urban Project (IUP) is examined as an instrument for achieving sustainable development. Policy-making in Serbia's urban development is faced with the challenge of transition from a traditional, bureaucratic, and autocratic system towards a new, efficient, effective, communicative, and flexible one. The process of searching for new instruments for its realisation was initiated due to the existing model's inability to deal with complex problems brought about by the post-socialist economic and social transition, as well as global influences related to Serbia's planned accession to the European Union (EU). The first part of the chapter briefly outlines the concept of a new urban governance model. The second section defines the characteristics of an IUP as an instrument intended to create and implement sustainable public policies in the field of urban development. The third part presents curricula of master's theses and master's projects for three generations of students of the Integrated Urbanism master's programme at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade: (i) IUPs for Inner City Development, (ii) IUPs for Disaster Risk Management, and (iii) IUPs for Municipal Development. Regardless of the differences in topics and locations, the students' assignments were to work with specific local institutions to devise IUPs in response to identified problems of the 'real' context and indicate how these might be put into practice. This section details the results achieved by the latest generation of students: (i) the IUPs as urban governance instruments, focusing on their integration potential; and (ii) the IUPs development process, showing the types and techniques of communication and knowledge dissemination amongst students, as well as between students and mentors, and with the local community and the broader professional and academic public. Besides aiming to contribute to a comprehensive innovation of the curriculum in the local context of a post-socialist country, the purpose of this chapter is to point out the options and opportunities for collaboration between academic institutions and local communities in the introduction of new topics, ideas, concepts, and instruments for effective urban governance in Serbia. ; Book series: Reviews of Sustainability and Resilience of the Built Environment for Education, Research and Design

Sustainable and balanced urban-rural development largely depends on the system of governance, as well as methods, instruments, and practices which were derived from it. Just, efficient and effective governance requires collaboration and sharing of responsibility in policy formulation and decision-making processes between different stakeholders at different levels of territorial organisation. This implies a complex set of mechanisms, processes and institutions through which stakeholders can articulate their interests and exercise their rights, but also share ideas, negotiate, reach common understanding, and agree on solutions in given circumstances. This paper presents and discusses the process and results of the collaboration between an academic institution and a local government in the development of students' master's theses and integrated projects for the territory of the municipality of Pančevo, Serbia. The main focus of the curriculum was the application of multilevel governance instruments to achieve balanced development of the municipal territory. Students' projects addressed various challenges: devastation of agricultural land; migration of (especially young) people from rural to urban areas; poor services and low income in rural areas; waste management; neglect of natural and cultural heritage. The educational approach was designed so as to create a learning environment that fosters collaborative learning for all the participants involved: students, local stakeholders, consultants, and mentors. The paper consists of three main sections. The first provides a brief overview of the theoretical background of multilevel governance, collaborative learning, and the practice-oriented approach to education. The second section presents the objectives of this educational model, and the methods and structure of the expected deliverables. The third part presents six students' projects that deal with urban-rural relationships, and highlights key multilevel governance instruments for the implementation of the resulting proposals. The conclusion discusses process and product outcomes, differentiating benefits for all those involved, obstacles, and challenges, and provides recommendations for future work.

Sustainable and balanced urban-rural development largely depends on governance system and methods, instruments and practices deriving from it. Just, efficient and effective governance requires collaboration and sharing of responsibility in policy formulation and decision-making processes between different stakeholders at different levels of territorial organization. This implies a complex set of mechanisms, processes and institutions through which stakeholders can articulate their interests and exercise their rights, but also share ideas, negotiate, reach common understanding and agree on solution in given circumstances. This paper discusses process and achieved results of the collaboration between academic institution and local government in the students' master thesis and integrated projects development for. .set on application of multilevel governance instruments in order to achieve balanced development of the municipal territory. Students' projects address different challenges: devastation of agricultural land; migration of (especially young) population from rural to urban areas; poor services and low income in rural areas; waste management; neglect of natural and cultural heritage. The educational approach was designed in order to create learning environment that foster collaborative learning for all participants involved: students, local stakeholders, consultants and mentors. The paper has three main parts. The first one provides a brief overview of the theoretical background of the multilevel governance and collaborative learning and practice oriented educational approach. Second part presents the objectives of this educational model, methods and structure of the expected deliverables. The third part presents seven students' projects that are dealing with urban-rural relationships and highlights key multilevel governance instruments for the implementation of proposals. Conclusion discusses process and product outcomes differentiating benefits for all involved, obstacles and challenges and provides recommendations for future work.

Although there is a substantial body of work on desistance from crime in general, comparatively little is known about desistance from sexual crime. The broad aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the research methodology and preliminary findings from a recent empirical study on desistance from sexual offending conducted by the authors.1 Such findings have potentially important implications for policy and practice concerning sex offender risk assessment, treatment and management.

The General Urban Plan (GUP) is an integral part of local development policy and one of the most controversial development documents in Serbia. Although the Law (Planning and Construction Law, 2014) defines this instrument as a 'strategic development plan', it is not used as such in institutional practice. GUP is drafted merely to fulfill a formal requirement, utilised to satisfy individual interests, and ignored or amended, or followed blindly. Local stakeholders shape the design, implementation, and basic purpose of each GUP, but they are not even nearly equal to each other at any point, meaning they lack the same leverage, interest, or power to affect the drafting or implementation of documents of this magnitude. The GUP is largely left to the vagaries of the complex system of local authorities and its numerous currents and agents. This paper focuses on mayors as formally and potentially the most influential stakeholders in local governance, but with lack of knowledge or interest to change the role of GUP. There is an obvious deficit of agents in Serbia who can institutionalize GUP as a strategic instrument for local development, and serious deficit of actors who recognize the need for change and want to react. ; Generalni urbanistički plan (GUP) je sastavni deo lokalnih razvojnih politika i jedan od najkontroverznijih razvojnih dokumenata u Srbiji. GUP se suštinski i ne posmatra kao razvojni dokument, te se stoga i ne koristi kao takav u postojećem institucionalnom sistemu u Srbiji. Iako je Zakonom o planiranju i izgradnji (2014) definisan kao strateški, u okvirima lokalnih institucija se ne koristi kao strateški dokument. GUP se često donosi kako bi se poštovala formalnost i zakonska obaveza, koristi se za ostvarivanje individualnih interesa, ignoriše se i menja, ili se slepo prati, bez analize. Lokalni akteri utiču na formu, implementaciju i svrhu GUP-a, ali nemaju svi jednake pozicije, interese i moć da utiču na dokument koji ima veliki značaj i obim. GUP se najčešće prepušta svojevolji komplikovanog sistema lokalnih vlasti i njenim brojnim strujama i akterima. Članak se fokusira na gradonačelnike (predsednike opština) kao formalno i potencijalno najuticajnije stejkholdere u lokalnoj vlasti, ali bez želje i interesa da menjaju ulogu GUP-a. Postoji ozbiljan deficit aktera u Srbiji koji bi mogli da institucionalizuju GUP kao strateški dokument lokalnog razvoja, i ozbiljan deficit aktera koji primećuju potrebu za promenom i žele da reaguju.

Cover -- BEYOND RECIDIVISM -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART I: IMPROVING ON DEFINITIONS AND MEASURES OF RECIDIVISM -- 1. Beyond Recidivism: Toward Accurate, Meaningful, and Comprehensive Data Collection on the Progress of Individuals Reentering Society -- 2. Community Capacity-Building and Implementation Advances to Addressing the RNR Framework -- PART II: RESEARCHING REENTRY: METHODS OF REENTRY RESEARCH -- 3. Conducting In-Depth Interviews with Jailed Fathers and Their Family Members -- 4. Collecting Social Network Data in Prison and during Reentry: A Field Guide -- 5. Interviewing the "Rabble Class": Recruitment and Retention in Studies of Prisoner Reentry -- PART III: FRAMEWORKS AND CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 6. The Promise of Unpacking the Black/White Dichotomy for Reentry Research -- 7. Prison Experiences and Identity in Women's Life Stories: Implications for Reentry -- 8. Does Thinking of Oneself as a "Typical Former Prisoner" Contribute to Reentry Success or Failure? -- PART IV: CONTEXT AND CONSEQUENCES OF INCARCERATION AND REENTRY -- 9. Social Support in Daily Life at Reentry -- 10. Formerly Incarcerated Men's Negotiation of Family Support -- 11. "This Individual May or May Not Be on the Megan's Law Registry": The Sex Offender Label's Impact on Reentry -- PART V: THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN RESEARCH AND POLICY -- 12. Running Away: Probation Revocation Programming in St. Louis County -- 13. Education's Failed Promise: How Public Policies "Educate" a Criminal Underclass -- 14. Mercy-Oriented Reentry and Reintegration: Lessons from Policy, Research, and Practice -- Afterword: Can the Rehabilitative Ideal Survive the Age of Trump? -- Acknowledgments -- References -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Beyond Recidivism: Toward Accurate, Meaningful, and Comprehensive Data Collection on the Progress of Individuals Reentering Society -- 2. Community Capacity- Building and Implementation Advances to Addressing the RNR Framework -- 3. Conducting In- Depth Interviews with Jailed Fathers and Their Family Members -- 4. Collecting Social Network Data in Prison and during Reentry: A Field Guide -- 5. Interviewing the "Rabble Class": Recruitment and Retention in Studies of Prisoner Reentry -- 6. The Promise of Unpacking the Black/White Dichotomy for Reentry Research -- 7. Prison Experiences and Identity in Women's Life Stories: Implications for Reentry -- 8. Does Thinking of Oneself as a "Typical Former Prisoner" Contribute to Reentry Success or Failure? -- 9. Social Support in Daily Life at Reentry -- 10. Formerly Incarcerated Men's Negotiation of Family Support -- 11. "This Individual May or May Not Be on the Megan's Law Registry": The Sex Offender Label's Impact on Reentry -- 12. Running Away: Probation Revocation Programming in St. Louis County -- 13. Education's Failed Promise: How Public Policies "Educate" a Criminal Underclass -- 14. Mercy- Oriented Reentry and Reintegration: Lessons from Policy, Research, and Practice -- Afterword: Can the Rehabilitative Ideal Survive the Age of Trump? -- Acknowledgments -- References -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index

Serbia has been facing migration and influx of refugees and internally displaced persons since the 1990s. At the same time, the country went through significant changes in the political and socio-economic regime, planning and urban development practice and urban land management, which had effects on development of housing solutions as well. Serbian planning system is influenced by its path dependency in relation to socialist era and later transitional stages. Moreover, it is directed towards adjusting to market economy and EU perspective, where various international influences were developed during the period of support through programs and projects of international assistance for the socio-economic integration of refugees. Some of these programs are still ongoing. The contribution of this paper is to offer basis for understanding the influences on development of both formal and informal planning instruments for housing solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons from 1990s to 2015, with Serbia being taken as an illustrative case. The nature of housing solutions is examined in relation to different state policies, concepts and planning practices, as well as systemic solutions in legal framework within particular focus on: introduction of different forms of ownership, regulation of norms and standards of planning, new institutional solutions, and treatment of housing as a public interest. Finally, this paper will demonstrate that in a transitional society, legal framework represents a prerequisite but not a guarantee of enforcement, where complexity of its operationalization is closely related to real political and socio-economic context.

This article considers factors that support or assist desistance from sexual offending in those who have previously offended. Current risk assessment tools for sexual offending focus almost exclusively on assessing factors that raise the risk for offending. The aim of this study was to review the available literature on protective factors supporting desistance from sexual offending. This article discusses the potential value of incorporating protective factors into the assessment process, and examines the literature on this topic to propose a list of eight potential protective domains for sexual offending. The inclusion of notions of desistance and strengths may provide additional guidance to the assessment and treatment of those who sexually offend. Further research investigations are recommended to consolidate the preliminary conclusions from this study regarding the nature and influence of protective factors in enabling individuals to desist from further offending.

At a time when criminal justice systems appear to be in a permanent state of crisis, leading scholars from criminology and theology come together to challenge criminal justice orthodoxy by questioning the dominance of retributive punishment. This timely and unique contribution considers alternatives that draw on Christian ideas of hope, mercy and restoration. Promoting cross-disciplinary learning, the book will be of interest to academics and students of criminology, socio-legal studies, legal philosophy, public theology and religious studies, as well as practitioners and policy makers