The Criminal Sanctions Agency issues publications and research on the branch of prison administration. In addition, annual reports on the Prison and Probation Services are published.

It is possible to make enquiries concerning the publications of the Criminal Sanctions Agency through the information unit: tiedotus.rise@om.fi

BROCHURES

(333kB) "New name - New organisation" Criminal Sanctions Agency

(178kB) Probation Service 2006

(1593kB) Prison Service 2006

(171kB) Prison Service 2006, Summary in Arabic

ANNUAL REPORT

Annual Report 2008 The Annual Report of the Criminal Sanctions Field 2008 (2571kB)

Annual Report 2007 The Annual Report of the Criminal Sanctions Field 2007 (1841kB)

Annual Report 2006 Annual Report of the Criminal Sanctions Field 2006 (1281kB)

(200kB) Statistics 2006 The Statistics of Prison Administration and Probation Administration of Finland in 2006

Annual Report of the Finnish Prison and Probation Services 2005 (Pdf, 3665kB)

Annual Report of the Finnish Prison and Probation Services 2004 (Pdf,1453kB)

Annual Report of the Finnish Prison and Probation Services 2002 (Pdf, 1296kB)

Annual Report of the Finnish Prison and Probation Services 2001 pdf (1499kB)

Summary: Correctional treatment in Finland in 2000 (PDF, 24kB) Annual Report: pages 92-96

HANDOUTS AND REPORTS

Publications of the Criminal Sanctions Agency:

• 3/2005: Research based on Empowering Social Work by Vuokko Karsikas
• 2/2005: The recidivism of arsonists, rapists, and those under a restraining order
• 1/2005: The power relations between prisoners and the fear of violence in closed
• 3/2004: Building paths between mainroads -Assessment research of the development project of probation intoxicant work
• 2/2004: Towards cognitive community treatment? Evaluation and development research of the intoxicant-free ward in Helsinki prison
• 1/2004: The released from prison in Finland 1993-2001 and the re-entered
• 1/2003: The family on other side of the wall - report about the family work in finnish prisons

MISSION

Mission and short-term policies of the Prison Administration and the Probation Association of Finland (PDF) 1998

PROGRAMMES AND HANDBOOKS

Strategy for Intoxicant Abuse of the Prison Administration. Part I: Instruction for the Years 1999-2001

Assessment Method for Evaluating the Working Capacity of Prison Inmates

OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH:

• National Research Institute of Legal Policy: Crime in Finland 2001: Summary
• The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control: Criminal Justice Systems in Europe and North America: Finland

Also the Prison Personnel Training Centre www.vhkk.fi has publication activity

Material on treatment of prisoners, criminology and criminal policy is available in the library of the Prison Personnel Training Centre