EIRP Proceedings, Vol 6 (2011)

Abstract

Implemented in our legislation with the entry into force of the Criminal Code of Charles II, the
probation system has been developed continuously, increasing its importance from one stage to another.
Thus, under the current circumstances, the probation service has a crucial role in the complex activity of
rehabilitating the person sentenced to a deprivation of liberty sentence through community supervision of
the measures and obligations imposed by the court to the convicted. Although the most important tasks of
the service are those of monitoring sanctions and of measures ordered by the court, however, this institution
performs other activities almost equally important in the stage of trial and of execution of custodial
sentences. Among the core values of probation that were imposed in recent years both in our country and in
the European Union are: respect for persons, reconciliation between offenders and the communities to
which they belong, non-discrimination in the community of persons who have committed criminal acts,
supporting and encouraging permanently these individuals to form a correct attitude towards work, the rule
of law and to obey the rules of social life. The research of the legal rules that govern the probation service
activity highlights some shortcomings as well, which should be corrected, the ultimate goal being that of
making them compatible with the EU norms, especially in the cooperating area which must be achieved
between these institutions at European level.