Probation

Part One: Summary Skill Development Among Student Affairs Professionals by Darby M. Roberts is a short article based on research conducted amongst student affairs professionals in the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region III. Roberts’ research was conducted to show the variety of skills possessed by student affairs professionals on different levels such as new professionals, mid-managers, and senior officers. New professionals are individuals who have worked…

That being so, academic probation is not a joking matter. At the University of Washington, a student must maintain a GPA of at least 2.00 or else their scholarship will be considered unsatisfactory. If the student fails to bring a rise to their GPA to an acceptable level after the second quarter will be put on academic suspension. As stated in Scholastic Regulations Chapter 107; Academic Probation and Dismissal for Low Scholarship, a student will be dismissed…

PROBATION OF LICENSEES If disciplinary action is taken and a licensee is placed on formal probation by the Board, he/she will be monitored by an investigator whose primary responsibility is that of compliance, (Probation Investigator). It is the responsibility of the Probation Investigator to monitor each practitioner’s compliance with each term and condition as stated in the Order or Agreement. When a practitioner is found to not be in compliance the probation investigator will consult with…

Probation and parole officers have a critical responsibility in criminal justice system. They play the role of investigation and supervision of offenders under probation or on supervised release. Primarily, they are charged with two roles, a social worker and law enforcement agent. For the first role, they assist in rehabilitation and reintegration of a probationer into the community. With regards to the second role, their aim is to protect the public and enforce court orders. Probationers and…

Probation is a sentence used as an opportunity by the court to release an offender, who does not pose a threat back into society. Kris Young at the young age of thirteen committed his first crime involving battery where he received probation. The court considered juvenile probation as an option to provide structured and corrective action to help Kris to learn from his bad judgment. Probation often replaces jail time focusing on a set of strict guidelines and conditions the offender must…

Does whether a federal inmate goes straight to probation or has a stay at a federally contracted half-way house before going on federal probation affect their recidivism rate? That is the question this researcher wants to find out. Why does this question matter? If this researcher can see a significant difference in recidivism rates between felons who go straight to probation and those who go from a half-way first then move on to federal probation, the implications of the findings could save the…

Paradox of Probation: Community Supervision in the Age of Mass Incarceration. This article is from 2013, which was very recent. This article talks about how probation, in the era of mass incarceration, providing the first comprehensive evaluation of the role of a probation officer in the criminal justice system. Probation is very serious consequence, and I don’t think people really understand the way it works. “This article contributes to this emerging literature by focusing on probation, a…

Introduction Parole and probation originated on the idea there is a need for criminal offenders to establish relationships with other community members in an attempt to address the offenders’ criminality relating to general prosocial behavior, vocational training, education and substance abuse. Parole refers to an act of releasing the offender from a reformatory or penal institution after the offender has served a certain proportion of the maximum sentence (Travis & Visher, 2005).…

My choose of experience that I chose was working at a basketball summer youth camp that served children who were between the ages of 7-14. I ultimately decided to choose this experience because it was a sense of returning back to my community and helping those who enjoy engaging in physical activities. It also let me build relationships with children that I will help me in my future professional goals. Also, I think it has helped me prepare for my current job. This experience connects with my…

Probation has been around for numerous years. Probation is a sentence that the offender is allowed to serve under supervision in the community and the most frequently applied criminal sanction (Cole, 2011, p. 287). Although probation offers many benefits over incarceration, the public often sees it as a “slap on the wrist” for offenders (Public Opinion Strategies, 2010). Probation was first established in the United States when John Augustus, a Boston boot maker, convinced a judge in the Boston…