Pros And Cons Of The Probation And Parole System

At the end of 2014, about 1 in 36 adults in the United States was under some form of correctional supervision (Kaeble, Tsoutis, & Minton, 2016, p. 1). Probation and parole are privileges extended by the criminal justice system and are not rights (Latessa & Smith, 2011, p. 84). Probation and parole has many advantages such as helping offenders reintegrate into society, provides a cost savings over incarceration, and rehabilitate offenders (Latessa & Smith, 2011, p. 84). There are disadvantages to probation and parole because the offender could commit a crime or harm a victim when they could have been incarcerated instead of out on probation or parole. By the end of 2014, the correctional population declined to the lowest rate observed since 2003 and has continued to decline since 2007 at an average rate of 1 percent (Kaeble et al., 2016, p. 1). From 2007 until 2014 the correctional population has declined in the United States which has also attributed to the decline in the probation population (Kaeble et al., 2016, p. 5). Texas, California, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the federal system accounted for almost half of the correctional population (Kaeble et al., 2016, p. 6). …show more content…
5). By the end of 2014, approximately 2780 offenders per 100,000 U.S. adult residents were under some form of correctional supervision which is a slight decrease from 2013 (Kaeble et al., 2016, p. 3). At the end of 2014 nearly all of the 47 jurisdictions used in the 2014 report on the correctional population in the U.S. had a larger proportion of their correctional population supervised in the community than were incarcerated (Kaeble et al., 2016, p. 2). In 2014, about 7 in 10 persons under correctional supervision were supervised in the community instead of incarcerated (Kaeble et al., 2016, p.