The Community “Put to the Test”. A Pedagogy-Driven Pilot-Research for the Construction of a Vademecum

The institution of “probation,” a form of judicial probation aimed for adults, was rewied by the recent\r\njustice reform law (Cartabia Reform, Dec. 30, 2022), where, even in the rewied version, was confirmed\r\nits high civic and reeducational value. Through probation, offenders can realize the paths to change\r\nown critical reinterpretation of their behavior. This is an interpretation of punishment that preserves\r\nits retributive value, but the challenge that institutions and associations take as welcoming these people\r\ninto the activities and projects of a (re)educational nature, gives this particular penal measure a\r\nrestorative purpose too. Probation concerns first and foremost the offender, it also verifies the skills,\r\nresilience, and responsibility of those it accommodates. With these premises, in 2023 a collaboration\r\nbetween some professors of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and the Piacenza Volunteer\r\nService Center led to the realization a training course and later a Research involving the Associations\r\nthat take in the people on probation.