How does probation and/or parole assist with reattaching social bonds to the community for the offender? Are specific resources and/or programs better suited than others?
Probation is a type of judicial reprieve that places offenders convicted of a crime under supervision of a probation officer and allows them to return home and remain part of their community as long as they follow all the conditions the court imposed. The time an offender must spend on probation can range from one to five years as specified by the court. There are three levels of probation the court can order:
• Unsupervised probation, the offender has no probation officer to report to he or she does have to let the court know if they can address or phone number.
• Probation, which the offender does have a probation officer and usually has to report in once a month.
• Intensive Probation, much stricter set of rules to follow and offender must report in weekly sometimes even daily.
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Some of the forms in use are fines, forfeiture, restitution, home confinement, residential community corrections, boot camp and split sentencing. Some of these sanctions would appear to be good alternatives for certain offenders. For example home confinement with electric monitoring would be a good sanction for an offender that’s married with children because it would allow him or her to continue to care for the children and be there to support their spouse. Forfeiture is a good sanction for an offender that has property purchased with money made illegally. Monetary restitution is a good sanction for an offender who has damaged or stolen property and community restitution is good for an offender who is unemployed and cannot pay court fine and
Probation is a type of judicial reprieve that places offenders convicted of a crime under supervision of a probation officer and allows them to return home and remain part of their community as long as they follow all the conditions the court imposed. The time an offender must spend on probation can range from one to five years as specified by the court. There are three levels of probation the court can order:
• Unsupervised probation, the offender has no probation officer to report to he or she does have to let the court know if they can address or phone number.
• Probation, which the offender does have a probation officer and usually has to report in once a month.
• Intensive Probation, much stricter set of rules to follow and offender must report in weekly sometimes even daily.
Probation in the United States does not help assist offenders with “reattaching” social bonds to the …show more content…
Some of the forms in use are fines, forfeiture, restitution, home confinement, residential community corrections, boot camp and split sentencing. Some of these sanctions would appear to be good alternatives for certain offenders. For example home confinement with electric monitoring would be a good sanction for an offender that’s married with children because it would allow him or her to continue to care for the children and be there to support their spouse. Forfeiture is a good sanction for an offender that has property purchased with money made illegally. Monetary restitution is a good sanction for an offender who has damaged or stolen property and community restitution is good for an offender who is unemployed and cannot pay court fine and