Placing Prisoners on Probation

• NCJ Number: 156691
• Journal: Belugyi Szemle Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1995) Pages: 21-26
• Author(s): F Nagy
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 6 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Hungary
• Note: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, International Crime Statistics Program

Annotation

This paper examines international experiences with releasing prison inmates to probation and the changes in Hungary's regulations on this topic.

Abstract

Probation is the most common method for shortening the time of the prison sentence. The principle, which is also the basis of progressive prison systems, is to allow inmates to become adjusted gradually to society and freedom. The author is the head of the department at the Faculty of Law at Jozsef Attila University. (Publisher summary modified)