Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2012
Abstract
The paper analyses functioning of the institution of probation as an instrument of social work in criminal justice in the Slovak Republic. The author present the selected findings from an empirical research executed on district courts throughout the whole Slovakia.
Probation and Mediation Officials (N=39) participated in this research and presented their opinions on probation institute in relation to tertiary prevention. As a result, they identified limitations existing in the probation practice.