Serhii Yermak, Oleksandr Soldatenko, Iryna Stetsenko, Tetiana Branitska, Zinaida Chumeiko
In the leading countries of the world, sufficiently developed systems of probation organs have been created, built on the basis of theoretical generalizations and practical research. A general analysis of the practice of probation of foreign countries shows that it has different organizational and functional peculiarities, which are generally due to the awareness of the content of this institution in the criminal law of the country, but the goals and means of achieving them are somewhat similar. It has been proved that in these countries, whose experience has been analyzed, personnel training is an important part of the probation institution. Typically, offenders are staffed with highly trained specialists who have a university education, graduated from special vocational training courses in subordinate educational institutions and systematically increase their professional competence. Primary vocational training of newly-recruited workers is provided by full-time, part-time or intra-extramural forms of training.