01460nam a2200229   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000950005533008180015046100620096860600120103060600130104260600130105560600140106860600230108260600260110560600250113160600220115660600170117870000250119585200100122019945  a20050705u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aDeveloping humane criminal justice systems in democratic societiesean update from Hungary  aThis article examines the changes and development of penal policy and community sentencing in Hungary. As a new criminal justice system emerges, including the recently reformed probation service in Hungary, this article argues that democratic societies must hold a careful balance between controlling the behaviour of its citizens, whilst crucially also ensuring their freedom, dignity and human rights. From the position of someone who has been closely involved with these developments and transitions in Hungary, the author questions whether the balance that has been achieved in "advanced" democracies, such as the USA, given the excessive use of imprisonment and punitive sentencing. She argues that an alternative model is in the best interests of all - one that stigmatizes the offence but not the offender.  vV.52,n.2dJune 2005pp.181-186tProbation JournalcLondon  aEUROPA   aHUNGRIA   aPRISÃO  aPROBATION  aJUSTIÇA CRIMINAL  aJUSTIÇA REPARADORA   aTOMADA DE DECISÃO   aDIREITOS DO HOMEM  aVIOLAÇÃO  aGÖNCZÖLbKatalin  jP.105