Probation

Community juvenile probation and juvenile detention centers both play an important role in decreasing juvenile delinquency. Probation is the main form of community treatment used by the juvenile justice system (Siegel, 386). This evidence proves that probation is one of the effective programs that can be used to deter minors from committing crimes. I believe that community treatment programs are good because they give juveniles the opportunity to gather resources and receive treatment plans,…

drugs. My future career is to become a probation officer and soon achieve being an Assistant Chief Probation Officer Having this position, your annual salary is about $99,000 to $100,000 yearly. Under general administrative direction, plans, coordinates and directs the administrative and financial operations of the Juvenile Probation Department, including budgeting, staffing, and program development; implements and enforces policy as determined by the Chief Probation Officer; manages…

Criminal Justice “Probation in America” Eduardo vazquez Brightwood College – Palms Springs CJ130 Mr. Butler The origin of probation can be traced to English criminal law of the middle Ages. Harsh punishments were imposed on adults and children alike for offenses that were not always of a serious nature. Sentences such as branding, flogging, mutilation, and execution were common. During the time of King Henry VIII, for instance, no less than 200 crimes were punishable by death, many of…

In my time in interviewing a probation officer, I have gotten in contact with Darin Kessler. Mr. Kessler, currently works with the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department and has the position of a Community Supervision Officer. As described by Mr. Kessler, a Community Supervision officer supervises their client based on the order of the judge. It is their job to help and keep offenders in check and also report any problems to the court. Ultimately, he wishes that the…

Probation Shortfalls in Virginia Within the Virginia Department of Corrections is the Community Corrections office whose goal is to provide public safety, ensuring that the public is “free of danger, injury and damage caused by those who choose not to obey the law” (Virginia Department of Corrections, n.d.). Probation officers take on a great deal of responsibility in supervising probationers. Virginia Code 53.1-145, provides powers and duties of probation and parole officers. As an officer…

tough love, but it is much harder when placed in that situation. Professionally we learn tasks overtime while we have hands on experience. The internship prepared me for this career path in so many ways. I learned about all the duties that the probation officers do on a daily basis. I learned how the different services intertwine with one another. This including surveillance, and court school. It has really taught me a lot about the system as a whole and what it takes day to day…

supervision, however, an inmate often must be granted early release by a parole board" (Connor, 2016, pp. 107-126). When it comes to placing convicted felons on probation, I believe that this should depend on the charge that individual was convicted of. For example, someone who has been convicted of murder should not be released with probation in my opinion. Even then, it should still depend on the small details of the case. Was that person defending themselves? Did that person perform the act…

success of probationers or parolees. If I was sitting on the President’s Council for probation and parole reform, several factors would have to be implemented in order to increase the success of the program. By working closely with probationers or parolee and developing a unique understanding of what contributes to their success, extensive interviews should first be conducted. This allows the goals of probation or parole to assess the needs and downplay rehabilitation to a successful outcome.…

As a Juvenile Probation Officer, Math will come in handy when having to keep up with the amount of payments due for each probationer. If I was unfamiliar in Math altogether, I would be unable to calculate simple problems such as counting balances and change and so forth. Currently, as a Postal Worker, Math plays an indirect role in my daily job. Numbers make up math and each address is a number therefore, I am able to differentiate between addresses and better understand the sequence of numbers.…

Topic 1 My first impression of the probationer was that he was an angry individual, who I would have difficulty getting to follow the rules of probation. I felt like the original probationer probably did need to be sentenced to incarceration instead of probation, due to his prior criminal history and family background. My impression changed greatly when meeting with the alternate probationer. The alternate probationer seemed like he was genuinely interested in following the rules and accepting…