Challenges of the probation counselors in supervising criminally convicted persons working abroad

Abstract

This article analyzes the challenges faced by the probation service in Romania in the context in which many people under the supervision of the probation service leave the country, mostly for the purpose of working, and thus a series of problems arise in the implementation of the measures and the obligations imposed by the courts on convicted persons. The article analyzes from a theoretical point of view the issue of Romanian migration but also mentions some aspects regarding the process of supervision of criminally convicted persons and the research part analyzes the results of a sociological survey based on a questionnaire carried out among probation counselors and aims to establish the main problems and the identification of solutions intended to support probation counselors in the process of supervising and assisting people who move for profit outside the country.