“PROBATION”: HISTORY AND REPORT ON EXPERIENCE FROM THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT"

The Probation is an alternative procedure to define the criminal trial for underage defendants and adults according to d.P.R. n.448/88 and law n.67/2014, respectively. The Probation is reserved to any defendants who first commit a crime with low entity. Moreover, this procedure involves suspension of sentence, resulting in reduction of working by courts and in lower risk to sentence for the accused. Few years after the implementation of Probation, a comment about its impact on social and legal field is advisable, especially in the light of recent criticisms issued by sentences of Constitutional Court.