2002/07/01 by Ioan Durnescu, Cristian Lazar, Roger Shaw · 2 citations
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Accession #Business #Commission #Criminology #Economic growth #European commission #European union #Inclusion (mineral) #Law #Political science #Romani and Gypsy Studies #Romanian #Social science #Social work #Sociology #Water Resources and Governance #Work (physics)
paper · doi:10.1111/1468-2311.00239
openalex publication_date 2002/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/23
This article reports on findings from the first stage of a longer study of the realities of offending in Romania, which has the highest incarceration rate in Europe. The main goals of the research were to make an accurate estimate of the number of Rroma (Gypsy) men in Romanian prisons and to identify their socio‐cultural characteristics and criminality. The information from this study will be used to help facilitate the work of the developing probation service in Romania and the social integration of Rroma offenders. It should also inform a crime reduction strategy in Romania and hopefully, the social inclusion policies of the European Commission, Romania and its accession neighbours all having large Rroma communities.