Editorial

PROBATION junior brings into your attention a new volume, full of extremely
interesting and exiting news. We hope you will enjoy! The papers are submitted
by young and talented researchers who persist in inciting your interest with every
subject they undertake! In this edition we also emphasize the topical phenomenon
of criminal justice!
Before you peruse the pages that follow, we would like to extend a heartfelt
Thank You for your continued support!
The first edition of Volume III discusses the following four subjects: Presentation
of the UK criminal justice system by referring to a case study of a Romanian
young man sentenced for stealing; a comparative analysis between the most
important justice institutions of Europe: European Court of Human Rights and
European Court of Justice; a foray into juvenile justice from the perspective of
legislation, sanctions and assistance modalities; and lastly a discussion regarding
risk and protective factors, from the perspective of social work, in the case of
recidivists inmates who have committed robbery offence.
The first article, written in English, is based in the UK, where the case presented
is a theft attempt from a supermarket in the North-West of England. The young
Romanian offender described the facts from the moment he and his partner
concocted the plan theft to the point in which he is incarcerated, he further
describes his experience in the British penal system. The text emphasizes the most
common offence among Romanian citizens living in this country as well as some
of the typical procedures applied in this matter. Any reader who has had even a
single connection with the Romanian prisons and judicial systems, will
immediately realise that differences between the two counties criminal justice
systems are vast.
Article number two is an analysis of the most important justice institutions of
Europe: European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice. The
two justice mechanisms passes through the history of making having as
beginning moments the times of 60s, most specifically 1959 for ECHR and 1952
for ECJ. Through the comparative analysis of experience Strasbourg Court deals
with complaints from individuals against contracting states, alleging that the states
violate their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and the
Luxembourg Court is competent to deal with violations of EU law.
The third article brings to light the perpetual subject of juvenile justice; however,
this discussion is regarding the education sanctions and probation. As an
alternative to imprisonment, probation is recommended to juvenile offenders who
are either at their first offence, or they committed low severity crimes, in order to
protect the minors against the incarceration fallouts, ensuring them mostly reeducative possibilities of social reintegration in favour of punitive ones.
The final article presents the risk factors, but also the protective ones in the case
of recidivists inmates who have committed robbery offence. The studies in the

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criminology field revealed evidences about the importance of research and

assistance of the convicted persons who presents a high risk of recidivism. In this
case of recidivist inmate convicted for robbery represent one of the most up to risk
category who need professional help in order to obtain social reintegration.
Based on our continued growth, in reaching the academic standards and
performance, we bring to your attention extremely important news for all
specialists in probation. On the occasion of the Fifteenth Annual Bill McWilliams
Memorial Lecture, the retired Chief Officer, Steve Collett, will lecture about
Riots, Revolution and Rehabilitation: The Future of Probation, on 20 of June
2012, 1.00pm for 2.30pm (UK time) at the Institute of Criminology, University of
Cambridge. If you are interested in attending, please contact Mrs Joanne Garner,
email: jf225@cam.ac.uk, or telephone: +44.01223.335360.
Starting with the current volume, PROBATION junior will have 2 issues per year.
We hope there will be more time between the two issues which will allow you the
leisure of expressing your opinions on the journals website and hereby, to start a
scientific debate based on the subjects proposed by the authors.
We wish you a pleasant reading!
PROBATION juniors Team

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