FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVES ON QUASI-COERCIVE

TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS

Prof. Dr. Pavel Abraham has been the President of the Romanian Anti-Drug National Agency from its foundation (in 2003) until he

retired from the activity, in 2008.   Beside his police activity, Dr. Abraham continued his academic career at the Sociology and Social

Work from Bucuresti University (negining with 1993), Associate Professor in Criminal Law at I.C. Dragan EuroUniversity in Lugoj

(since 1998), Associate Professor at the Police Academy from Bucharest (since 2004). Starting with 2004, he is the coordinator of

the post-gradute and master programs in Anti-Drug Prevention and Counseling, Community Administration of Justice and Fighting

against illicit drug trafficking and consume. In 2001 he became Doctorate programms Coordinator at the Sociology and Social Work

Faculty. Professor Abraham is the author of a great number of books and of over 100 artcles published in specialized journals. Also,

he is the author and coordinator of a considerable number of research programs on Law, Social Work and Publis Relations topics.

 

Dr. Sorina Poledna, Conf. at the Social Work Department of the Sociology and Social Work Faculty from ”Babeș -Bolyai” University, Phd. in sociology has a wide

academic expertise - studies, articles, books and researches - in the fields of Criminal’s social assistance; Juvenile delinquency; Probation and Social Work methodology

at micro-social level.  She coordinates post-graduate programs for Specialist in social reinsertion of the offenders and she directs the Master program “Social Work in the

justice field. Probation and mediation”. 

She has brought valuable contributions to formulating the Romanian National strategy of education in the field of probation. Dr. Poledna is also a International OSCE

Expert on professional training in probation.

Judge James T. Doyle, Judge Emeritus has been involved in the Criminal Justice field for more than 35 years.  He worked as a police officer while

attending law school, after passing the Illinois Bar exam he immediately joined the Kane County, Illinois Public defenders office as an assistant Public

defender.  He left the Public Defender’s office to join the Kane County States Attorneys office as an Assistant States Attorney.  During this time Judge

Doyle also spent 5 years teaching various college level law courses.  He became Corporation Council for the City of Aurora, IL before opening his own

private law practice.  He was appointed Judge in Kane County in 1989, and subsequently won several elections as Full Circuit Judge before retiring from

the bench in 2006. Judge Doyle took a unique approach to the administration of justice, creating a defendant impact panel for alcohol related reckless

homicide.  Additionally Judge Doyle began Kane County ’s Drug Rehabilitation Court in 2000, a model program that offered a rehabilitation opportunity to

non-violent offenders with addiction issues. In addition to being an Adjunct Professor for Tiffin University ’s International MBA Program and Aurora

University ’s Criminal Justice program, Judge Doyle also is a regular Speaker for Drug Rehabilitation Court conferences in the states and abroad.

Dr. Ovidiu Predescu is a Lawyer and a University professor, Phd. in Criminal Science, author of more than 20 books, monographies and univeristy courses. He is

developing a prestigious editing activity, as a Deputy Chief Editor at the “Dreptul” Journal, edited by the Union of Lawyers in Romania, fonded in 1871 by the “Lawyers’

Society” and at the Journal “Criminal Law” edited in colaboration with The Romanian Academy. He is pro-rector coordinator of the scientific research at the “Gheorghe

Baritiu” University from Brasov. Professor Predescu is the holder of numerous awards and distinctions (The Academy Award “Nicolae Titulescu” 2008) and he has

brought a remarkable contribution to the fields of Human Rights and of Criminal Law.

Dr. Laura S. Mays is an Associate Professor of Management at Tiffin University(TU). Dr. Mays teaches MBA courses in Leadership, Strategic and

Transnational Management, Managerial Accounting, and Organizational Design, both seated and on-line. Dr. Mays is also TU’s Director of European

Programs.  These include MBA and BBA programs in Romania, Poland and the Czech Republic. Dr. Mays has authored two international grants for TU’s

School of Criminal Justice. These grants involved University-to-University projects that resulted in the establishment of a Master’s Degree Program in

Community Justice Administration at the University of Bucharest and, in conjunction with judges in Timisoara, the development of a plan for juvenile

justice reform in Romania. These projects served as catalysts for TU to take its MBA program to the University of Bucharest. Dr. Mays has served as an

unpaid consultant to the Romanian Anti-Drug Agency and a grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of State and U.S. AID and the U.S. Department of

Commerce through its ITA programs.

Limba Romana