Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.31299/ksi.29.2.5
Implementation of probation services related to prison sentences in Republic of Croatia: achievements and challenges of enforcement
Martina Rakić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-5613
; Ministarstvo pravosuđa i uprave, Uprava za zatvorski sustav i probaciju
Snježana Maloić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3899-0559
; Ministarstvo pravosuđa i uprave, Uprava za zatvorski sustav i probaciju
Sažetak
Imprisonment is considered the most severe form of social exclusion, whereby a number of prisoners experience exclusion even before serving a prison sentence. Also, prison sentence itself can contribute to social rejection upon release. Prevention of social exclusion of prisoners is a significant task of most European probation services. Probation service in the Republic of Croatia was introduced back in 2011, i.e. ten years ago, while the introduction and execution of probation work related to prison sentences began in 2013. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the role of probation services in prevention of permanent social exclusion and return to criminal behavior among prisoners. Also, it aims to stress the importance of establishing the Croatian probation service and performing tasks related to execution of prison sentence. The paper presents the practices in performing these tasks in the Republic of Croatia, points to a number of challenges related to their introduction and enforcement and provides guidelines for their improvement. The paper also tries to raise awareness about these tasks among other services, experts and the general public, in order to involve them as much as possible in prevention of social exclusion of prisoners. The paper is based on authors’ direct experience in designing, introducing and coordinating the execution and development of these probation activities in the Republic of Croatia.
Ključne riječi
probation; social reintegration; prisoner; prison sentence; conditional release/parole
Hrčak ID:
269323
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.12.2021.
Posjeta: 811 *