Essay On Probation And Parole

When someone commits a crime there are few choices in the way their punishment will go. Most commonly they will either get the charges dropped, get probation, or get sentenced to jail time. If they are sentenced to jail time often times they will be allowed the chance for parole in the future. Just because the offender is only given probation or is released on parole, that does not mean they are free to do as they choose. There are sanctions placed on both probationers and parolees, and they must be followed unless the offender wants to end up in more trouble than they started with. To start one must understand the difference between probation and parole. Probation is when the offender is not sentenced to serve any jail time but rather put under supervision, usually with a list of required actions they must complete. Parole is when an offender is sentenced to jail time, serves a portion of that sentence, and is released back into the community but is under supervision. The two words are often interchanged, though are very different in their meanings. The type of crime that was committed by the offender is usually what will determine what type of punishment they receive. Probation is usually given for nonviolent, misdemeanor crimes, whereas being sentenced to jail time with the …show more content…
Failure to comply with the guidelines set forth in the agreements, committing new crimes, failure to check in with the supervising officer when it is required, or leaving the state or city without prior approval are all ways in which the orders could be revoked from the offender. Violations of supervision conditions come under the category of technical violations, meaning they do not constitute criminal acts but rather are a pattern of rule violations of orders from a court or parole board (Alarid, L. F., & Carmen, R. V. d.