Foreign experience in the implementation of supervised probation

In the article the author analyzes the experience of many other countries in the field of implementing supervised probation, including the consideration of the initial stages of this institution and its further development and transformation, and changes in approaches to the general concept of supervised probation and its purpose. In addition, the author describes the peculiarities of the current practice of supervised probation as an integral part of criminal justice systems in several countries, taking into account the differences caused by their own legal traditions, historical experience and needs of each country. The article also draws attention to the current approaches to the implementation of rehabilitation and correctional programs, and provides the most common criminal law measures in the practice of other states which do not involve isolation of offenders from society. Based on the results of the analysis, the author substantiates the opinion that it is expedient to introduce a more progressive system of supervised probation in Ukraine which would meet modern requirements, since international practice shows that the introduction of probation is an important factor which has a positive impact on society. It is noticed that restorative justice programs are an effective component of supervised probation services: this includes educational influence on the offender, prevention of repeat offenses, and promotion of social adaptation and reintegration of offenders into society. Given the above, the author considers some models and specific methods of probation as necessary to be introduced in certain regions of Ukraine. The article also emphasizes that for the practical application of the advantages of each foreign probation system and the implementation of its individual methods in the Ukrainian probation system, it is necessary to comprehensively and thoroughly consider, in particular, the limits and coherence of criminal policy and the level of humanization of penitentiary policy; the possibility and necessity of decriminalization of criminal acts; the unity of judicial practice regarding the sentencing of minors; the coherence of the methods of probation application in foreign countries with the peculiarities of detention.