Probation Officer Career Goals

Deciding what you are going to do for the rest of your life is one of the most important decisions you will ever make, and the most nerve wrecking. All my life I was repeatedly told to become a lawyer or doctor that I was drawn away from those career choices. I started college as an undeclared major because I had no idea who I wanted to become. Professors repeatedly told me not to worry it will come to me, but after 2 years of college I was still clueless about what I wanted to do and I was rushed into picking a major. I declared sociology as my major. The first time I told my family and friends about my choice they looked at me and said “what is that?” To be honest, I was barely getting to understand it myself.
Sociology is the study of how …show more content…
My job is to help prevent them from committing new crimes. A probation officer must meet with the probationer, family and friends to gather background information to help better identify the right course of rehabilitation by providing rules of conduct, and setting goals. Probation officers should be able to discuss what factors might have led the probationer toward criminal behavior and provide adequate resources the probationer might need to better themselves, such as social service agencies, assistance organizations and other useful programs. The job consist of regular meetings with the probationer to evaluate their progress toward rehabilitation goals, this may include regular drug testing if needed. The officer may also complete a write up of the probationer’s progress and file them accordingly. Officers must be able to arrange post release services (employment, housing, counseling, education, etc.). In case the probationer is not following the terms of probation the probation officer must be able to take remedial action or court action. They also must be able to testify in court regarding the probationers progress and recommend sentencing.
When we talk about probation officers we have to talk about social norms and deviancy. Social norms are the behaviors and actions that the majority of society has agreed to be acceptable. …show more content…
I could believe they are just a naturally bad person and just don’t like to follow rules. Yet, as a probation officer you have more than one client at a time and each may have their delinquency related to something different. Since, delinquency happens consistently with many other juveniles we cannot say it is only an individual problem. Through the perspective of sociological imagination we realize delinquency is a social problem. I understand that there are some factors in society that leads these juveniles to be delinquent. For example I could look into social