Course AS 210 · Year II · Summer 2026-2027

Social Work in Probation Services

Compulsory course in Social work, taught by Sebastian Claudiu Stefani.

Overview

Lecturer
Sebastian Claudiu Stefani
Seminar tutor
Sebastian Claudiu Stefani
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Social work
Field of study
Social work
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Entry requirements
None

Aims

Explain the key concepts in probation

Introduces students to the historical development of probation and to contemporary practices in implementing crime control policies

To know the main models of probation

Formation of necessary skills for design and implementation of the psychosocial assessment, surveillance plans and plans for assistance and counseling

Course contents

Probation, conceptual delimitations. History of probation. The main models of probation. The legal context of probation in Romania The probation before court verdict: evaluation report. The probation after court verdict: surveillance plan, assistance plan. Methods and techniques used in probation practice. The future of probation.

Learning outcomes

• Knows and explain the basic concepts in the filed of probation. • Knows the history of Probation. • Knows the basic models of probation. • Knows the legal framework of probation in Romania • Produce an evaluation report. • Produce an surveillance plan. • Produce an assistance plan. • Knows and uses properly a large range of methods and techniques in probation practice.

Assessment

Written paper –– 60%; project assessment – 40%

Recommended reading

Manualul consilierului de reintegrare socială şi supraveghere
Durnescu, Ioan
Editura Themis, Craiova, 2001 · 14-76
Handbook on Probation Services, Guidelines for Probation Practitioners and Managers
Jon F. Klaus
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Roma, 1998 · 6-70
The essence of probation
Paul Senior & Dave Ward
British Journal of Community Justice 14(1):9-27, Sheffield, 2016 · 9-27