When you think of probation your first thought is of the rehabilitative efforts that are put forth to ensure the probationer doesn’t fall back into the same problems that landed them in jail in the first place. For instance those that have drug related issues are given the resources to help them through their addictions. Also there are community related programs set forth to help bring the probationer back into the community. For the past 4 years there has been a steady decrease in the amount of community supervision of adults in the US (Maruschak, L, U.S. Department of Justice, pg 1). During 2012 there was an estimated 4.1 million adults that were on or moved to probation (Maruschak, L, U.S. Department of Justice pg. 1). This large number
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This means that those probation officers continue to deal with a significant amount which could allow for some of those individual to fall through the cracks and go right back into the prison system. From these numbers we have to ask ourselves is the probation system working? For the most part I believe so; most of the offenders going into a probation program will do their best to ensure they are doing what is necessary to guide their lives down the right track. With this we must push forward and assure that we are continuing to do what is right to change that from most offenders to all offenders. In this paper I will be talking about the issues presented from probation lack of reducing recidivism rates as well as some ways that could help probation reduce their recidivism rates within their area. One large issue that can be brought up on why people view probation reducing recidivism rates is the places that they are getting their numbers from. What I mean by this is tracking those individuals who were put on probation for a misdemeanor. Those who are sentenced to probation for a misdemeanor typically need few services for their rehabilitation as well as require little supervision for their probation sentence (Petersilla, J, Probation in the United States Part II
This means that those probation officers continue to deal with a significant amount which could allow for some of those individual to fall through the cracks and go right back into the prison system. From these numbers we have to ask ourselves is the probation system working? For the most part I believe so; most of the offenders going into a probation program will do their best to ensure they are doing what is necessary to guide their lives down the right track. With this we must push forward and assure that we are continuing to do what is right to change that from most offenders to all offenders. In this paper I will be talking about the issues presented from probation lack of reducing recidivism rates as well as some ways that could help probation reduce their recidivism rates within their area. One large issue that can be brought up on why people view probation reducing recidivism rates is the places that they are getting their numbers from. What I mean by this is tracking those individuals who were put on probation for a misdemeanor. Those who are sentenced to probation for a misdemeanor typically need few services for their rehabilitation as well as require little supervision for their probation sentence (Petersilla, J, Probation in the United States Part II