EN
The asymmetry in the probation relationship implies necessity of discretion and responsibility for words from probation officers. For this reason, principles of effective resocialization and specialized skills ought to be integrated into community supervision. The crucial components in this context are moral competencies defined by the interdependence of the elements that constitute good moral behavior like: ability to moral reflection, empathy, axiological sensitivity and knowledge of universal norm and moral demands. Employing this kind of competencies enables to preserve offenders’ personal freedom, which is a basic condition for adaptation of probationers to a “free society”