PROBATION SERVICE IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FIRST CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY SANCTIONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Chisinau, Moldova 4th-6th June.

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PROBATION SERVICE IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FIRST CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY SANCTIONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Chisinau, Moldova 4th-6th June 2014 Jana Špero, Head of the Sector for Probation Ministry of Justice of the RoC

The Probation Service in the Republic of Croatia is a young service Croatian Criminal Justice System was engaged in a series of reforms within the Republic of Croatia Accession to the European Union (1 st July 2013) The judicial reform carried out has provided a strong support to the development of the Probation System in Republic of Croatia

Today in Republic of Croatia we have professional Probation System It was built using the best European and international practices Development of the Probation System complies with several recommendations made by the Council of Europe

The main task is to protect the community from criminal offenders by resocialising criminal offenders and reintegrating them into the community PROBATION SERVICE

Enhancing credibility, efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system Compatibility with COE/EU regulations Reduce the pressure on the prison population Key benefits from Probation service

PROBATION VS. PRISON Financial benefit Short term prison sentences as exception In 2013 Croatia reduced the number of inmates

Croatian Probation Service is an administrative organization under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Directorate for Criminal Law and Probation SECTOR FOR PROBATION

All the tasks within the scope of the Sector for Probation are conducted in the Central Office and 12 Probation Offices The Central Office carries out the administrative and technical tasks related to probation duties, human resources, planning and scheduling of equipment and funds required for work, planning, investments, international co-operation, drafting of regulations, enforcement and administrative inspection

There are 12 Probation Offices in the Republic of Croatia:

Probation offices : Started opening across the Republic of Croatia in June 2011 (last Probation office in Dubrovnik was opened in January 2013!)

Further to the new Criminal Code that entered into force on 01 January 2013 Law on probation (entered into force 01/01/2013) + Ordinance on the manner of enforcement of the probation tasks LEGISLATION TODAY:

PROBATION TASKS IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Pre-trialCriminal trial Enforcement of “alternative sanctions”Enforcement of sanction Supervision of fulfilling obligations arising from the Decisions issued by the State Attorney (when deciding on criminal proceedings in accordance with the principle of opportunity) Pre-sentence reports to the CourtProtective supervision ordered with: -Suspended sentence -Community work Protective supervision ordered with: -conditional release -upon the end of the prison sentence Reports to the Prosecutor (State Attorney) Community service: -acquiring consent for replacing a prison sentence with community work - organization of the community work -supervision of the community work Reports for prisons or penitentiaries Reports required for deciding on the measures of supervision and protection during pretrial (CW:1d=2h) Reports for courts when deciding on the termination of sentence and conditional release

Probation tasks : 1. SUPERVISION OF FULFILLING OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE DECISION ISSUED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY WHEN DECIDING ON CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF OPPORTUNITY 2. DRAFTING REPORTS REQUESTED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY 3. DRAFTING REPORTS REQUIRED FOR DECIDING ON THE MEASURES OF SUPERVISION AND PROTECTION, AND DRAFTING PRE SENTENCE REPORTS 4. CONDUCTING PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION ORDERED WITH THE SUSPENDED SENTENCE, COMMUNITY WORK AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE, AND UPON THE END OF THE PRISON SENTENCE 5. ACQUIRING CONSENT FOR REPLACING A PRISON SENTENCE WITH COMMUNITY WORK AND ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE COMMUNITY WORK 6. DRAFTING REPORTS FOR PRISONS, THAT IS, PENITENTIARIES, WHEN REQUIRED 7. DRAFTING REPORTS FOR COURTS WHEN REACHING DECISIONS ON THE TERMINATION OF SENTENCE AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE 8. SUPERVISION OF CONDITIONALLY RELEASED OFFENDER 9. ORGANIZATION AND SUPERVISION OF SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE PENAL CODE AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ACT

STATISTICS: 2973 active cases ( April 2014.) CONDITIONAL RELEASE 608 COMMUNITY WORK 2033 SUSPENDED SENTENCE WITH SUPERVISION 204

Some more probation tasks : Assessment of risk/needs for offenders (special tool was developed!) Development of the individual treatment program

WORKING WITH OFFENDERS ON COMMUNITY SANCTIONS: S entence Plan

unacceptable forms of behavior „violence is the only souluton” „violence might not be OK, but I do not know alternative. Can you tell me?” ADOPTING non-violent forms of behavior „There is an alternative” PROBATION AS TREATMENT SERVICE JUDGEMENT CONTROL HELPSUPPORT EDUCATION LEARNED BEHAVIOR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES FAMILY SITUATION SAFE COMMUNITY

CHALLENGES with community sanctions -Health problems -Offenders with addictions -Recidivists

Health problems - Problem with community work - Offenders with reduced business capacity - Disability / invalidity - PTSD - Age of offenders (81 years old offender)

Offenders with addictions -offenders addicted to drugs -offenders addicted to alcohol -offenders addicted to gambling

Recidivists -Law does not prohibit community sanctions for recidivists -In probation service 52% offenders are recidivists -Out of that, 73% offenders have been convicted several times -30% have been convicted more than 6 times

GOOD PROBATION PRACTICE: SUPERVISION IN „REAL LIFE” CIRCUMSTANCES EMPLOYMENT FAMILY RELATIONS VOLUNTEERING developing awareness of the obligation …

CROATIAN PROBATION SERVICE DURING 2013 DOUBLED NUMBER OF CASES (from 2012) RECEIVED 3304 NEW CASES FINISHED 3313 CASES (87,62% SUCCESSFULLY) HOURS OF COMMUNITY WORK WAS CARRIED OUT

-database available to all probation officers! PROBATION INFORMATION SYSTEM

FUTURE: New employment New Strategy planning ( Aspiring to excellence ) Further strengthening and professionalization of service

LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE COOPERATION Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia Directorate for Criminal law and Probation Sector for Probation Ulica grada Vukovara Zagreb CROATIA tel: fax: