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Editorial

We are introducing the second edition of volume two. In this edition we are

pleased to bring to light new phenomenon that concern us all. As always, we start by

thanking you for being with us on every edition, for supporting and believing in

PROBATION junior.

In this edition we challenge you with four extremely interesting articles.

The first article authored by a group of students from France proves that in

France as in other developed countries, there is a strong strategy of social

reintegration of offenders. Nonetheless, the article mentions the high number of

recidivism cases which shows a high failure rate of the reintegration program.

The second article highlights a phenomenon little known by the general

public. The article is linked to the issue of an innovative book based on empirical

research that presents female crime. The second article is the review of Mrs. Ana

Blans book Female crime - causes and social effects. Prevention strategies.

Analyzing the phenomenon, the author underlines the importance of the factors that

have contributed to the appearance and development of female crime and stresses the

fact that the notion of female crime should be treated as distinct in the analysis of the

crime phenomenon in general.

The third article deals with U.S. border security when the border acts as a

buffer zone for criminal actions. People working in these locations have the

responsibility to control the possible criminial enterprise, such as human trafficking

and drugs.

The last article reflects a new perspective in the field of criminal justice

tackling the involvement of the NGOs in the penitentiary environment and the

probation period. The research was carried out in 2010 and given the selection

method of the respondents to the study is supposed to be an exhaustive one. In

opinion, the results are quite interesting given the fact that it focuses our attention on

things to do and how we can turn problems into opportunities. As it is highlighted

in this final article, sooner or later convicted persons will return in our communities

and the way they will do that depends to a great extent of those outside the criminal

justice system.

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We hope that the current edition will stir your intellectual interest as much as

our previous editions. We end by reminding you that PROBATION junior allows its

readers to comment on the published articles and we encourage such kind of

endeavors. Enjoy your reading!

For major changes in the filed of criminal justice we need to think BIG!

PROBATION junior Team