The Los Angeles Probation County Department
I chose to report on the Los Angeles Probation County Department. The Probation department is apart of the corrections branch of Criminal Justice. I sat down and interviewed a peace officer. The first important question that I asked was "what is your agencies primary mission?" Officer replied, "Our primary mission here in Probation is to promote and improve public safety, guarantee victims' rights, and assist the positive behavior change of adult and juvenile probationers."
The probation departments' most important issue to date is size. There are thousands of correctional workers in L.A. County. There are still not enough officers to keep up with the hundreds of thousands of criminals. The Probation department has many operational programs. The department is always seeking good educated employees to help expand the department.
The next major question was; what is Probation and why is it important in criminal Justice? Officer reported probation is a form of criminal action enforced by a court on a criminal, instead of jail, which allows the offender to serve the sentence while not actually being locked away. It is not feasible to imprison all criminals. Probation is cost effective and budget management. The Probation Department assists the different courts not only by helping to identify suitable candidates for probation, but also by recommending appropriate sentences to be placed on them, including time in jail, fines, and community service. The department also helps identify those persons who are not suitable for probation by providing information to the court to justify their removal from the community. Once probation is ordered, the Probation Officer designs an appropriate su...
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...g their mission. I have learned a lot in a very short time about the Probation department. The program has several great programs that help control dangerous criminals in a public setting. The probation department also has several programs geared at helping delinquent youth at getting back on track. The swift and the clear programs are just two of the great programs ran by the probation department. There are no weak programs in their department. I am very pleased at how effective Probation programs are. Probation plans on improving the crime rate by eliminating repeat offenders.
There are a lot of great strengths in the probation department. They have a great program that helps the community and the criminal adjust as well. The probation department is a very community based program. The citizens in the community owe a lot to the hard working probation officers.
Parole is a controversial issue because its vase ways to debate the challenges and problems that will exist. It’s like a side effect to medication based on one’s effectiveness belief. In like manner, the public media allows others who aren’t immediately effected to become tertiary, and secondary victims. It is the door to open opinions. An inmate is released from a sentence given parole and then assigned a parole and probation officer. The one thing that will make probation and parole successful is the supervision of the program and rehabilitation or residential treatment center. This will support the goal to maximize the good behavior and minimize the harmful behaviors of individuals. Probation is a good program because it’s a form of rehabilitation that gives inmates elevate space to obey rules and regulations. On the contrary, probation is risky just like any new diet plan that people use to
School-based probation allows the probation officer to “ intervene in crisis situations involving the juvenile probationers, assist schools in handling disruptive behavior by probationers and other youths, coordinate interventions with the schools and other agencies, coordinate reentry efforts for youth returning from a juvenile justice facility, and serve as an agent of early intervention for disruptive or truant youth who are not yet involved in the juvenile justice system (Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, n.d., p.
The United States Criminal Justice System has several options available when it comes to sentencing. Probation is one that we hear of most when it comes to first time offenders as well as juvenile offenders. John Augustus first developed probation in Boston in 1841. The first probation law was enacted in Massachusetts in 1878. By the 1990’s the juvenile justice system was far more effective as it began taking greater measures. In 2010, probation was used in approximately 53 percent of juvenile delinquency cases. Typically, probation sentences are circumstantial, and are imposed under very specific terms and conditions. These must be followed by the defendant unless he or she would like to return
(Alarid, 2017, p. 293) Besides managing/supervising probationers and parolees, other concerns are safety on the job and caseloads. We will review three areas of deficiencies being caseloads, time spent managing probationers and safety within the probation officer career field, and the pros and cons with a possible solution for each.
the malefactor accountable for their crime(s). The probation also tries to lower the cost of
Probation is when the sentence of being in prison is adjourned, and there is a period where the offender is place under supervision of a correctional officer.Probation also releases the person back into the community, but has less freedom then a regular citizen. Because it comes with conditions that the person must meet, for example: see their probation officer, and have good behavior, if they do not meet these conditions they violate probation, and their probation may be revoke or amended(Phillips,2014).
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines Probation as a period of time given to someone who commits a crime and instead of being incarcerated are allowed to spend their sentence in the community based on conditions set aside by the courts. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/probation) The task was given to me to build the ultimate model of Probation Services. After careful consideration and great thought this is the route I decided to take. I believe that parents play a great role in some of the decisions their children make. The decisions children make today are a reflection of their parents. My focus on this probation model is to place both child and parent in an institution were they would undergo a period of restoration of family values, rehabilitation, parenting courses, academia and counselling. The ages of these juveniles will range between the ages of ten (10) to seventeen (17) years old.Therefore I stand for institutionalized probation and how this probation will assist in instilling family values.
All in all, the ideas surrounding the criminal justice system were affirmed by the field practice experience. Many open doors have resulted from the venture into the field of probation. As an advocate and future employee of the criminal justice system the skills and intellect gained from the college of criminal justice at SHSU along with the internship opportunity with the Dallas County Adult Probation Department will serve as a path to a successful career. The talented individuals and extraordinary situations encountered on the journey will not be forgotten.
...alifying ones.( White, Gasperin, Nystrom, Ambrose, Esarey). Their reason was because of the salary of the job and format. They continue saying that one must be mature, tolerance, open minded, patience and self confidence. .( White, Gasperin, Nystrom, Ambrose, Esarey). This brings up a good point. Wanting to be a community correction officer must be a job one loves and have passion for it because the pay and burnouts that come along with it are not the greatest. One most really consider all the option, pros, and cons of the job before take it. Being a probation officer is like working in the back of a movie scene. Also that one must seen the offender beyond their offense. .( White, Gasperin, Nystrom, Ambrose, Esarey). Trying to see the offender by their offense takes a lot of humbleness. It’s hard to see pass someone who molested a child or murder and innocent child
A probation system is an opportunity offered to offenders with minor crimes or good behavior in where the offender is not send to jail instead he/she is put it in probation in where they have to report to a police officer and they have to follow the court orders and cannot break the law. Usually probation is an opportunity for offenders to reintegrated with the community. The North Carolina Probation system is based on supervising the offenders and help them succeed. Also making sure that the offenders don't go back to prison or jail. The organization of the probation system is very similar to a corrections goal which is overall rehabilitation. Probation is not given to anyone, before an offender is place on probation a judge would look at all his criminals record, acts against
Communication skills include written communication, verbal communication and even body language. These are important because Probation Officers must be able to effectively listen and interact with different people. A probation officer with good communication skills is able to help the offender understand what is expected and acceptable behavior during probation. Probation officers need to make logical decisions; in a timely manner and critical-thinking helps officers assess the needs of individual offenders before determining the best resources for helping them. Emotional stability is an important skill workers must possess because they also cope with hostile individuals or otherwise upsetting circumstances on the job. Organizational skills include an attention for detail, multitasking abilities, proficient use of an organizational/computer system and strong memory recall. Organizational skills are essential because officers are responsible for reporting back to supervisors and keeping detailed records of their clients. Probation officer should also be able to stay on top of relevant and current resources available in the community that may serve the differing needs of their clients. Probation officers must be able to manage multiple cases at the same time
There is some important history he or she should know about the profession. Probation and parole officers have been around for quite some time. They are very important in the society we have today.
This paper will tell the story of why it is important that the criminal justice field have probation officers, and what they do daily for our community. When we think of the probation field, we think that they have it the easiest, but sadly that is far from true. You will learn how hard of a job it can be for probation officers, and just how much they have on their plate.
If I was to become a probation officer, one thing I would want to be is efficient, and successful. There would be several things I would try to focalize my attention on; supervision in communities, and its importance. Probation officers have very complex, and hard job; but if done with the right intentions, and the will to help people you can help change people’s lives.
...ernment. On the other hand, probation is a judicial function. Also, parolees have already spent time in prison before being released into to the community while probationers usually haven’t (in most states). In some jurisdictions, both are supervised by state employed officers or agents, while in others they are supervised by separate probation or parole agencies (Stohr, Walsh, & Hemmens, 2013, p.270). Parole and probation officer (sometimes these jobs are combined in some jurisdictions) have two common roles: to protect the community and to assist the probationers/parolees to become more productive, law-abiding members of the community. This dual role makes them both law enforcement officers as well as social workers.