Always into trouble and never got caught, I was always doing something bad or getting into trouble as an eight grader at Campobello Gramiling School. Until one day I was hanging with a group of so called friends; getting high on drugs and drinking alcohol. We decided to go spray paint our school because we were bored and didn’t have anything to do. Well, we went to the school and wrote vulgar language about teachers. We vandalized the new school buses and toilet papered the school. Weeks went by and we thought we weren’t going to get caught. One day the cops came to my house and wanted to talk to me about the vandalism at the school. The friends who also helped me vandalize the school got less punishment by telling on me. So, I had to go to court pay a fine. I had to complete fifty hours of community service and one year probation followed by drug screenings randomly. After completing my public record would be clean. I would get a second chance at life. My Friends parents paid for them to get out of trouble and as a result they had no community service and no probation. I thought it was not fair but in the long run it saved my life. Later down the road those friends ended up in jail and the other has a long criminal record of illegal drug use. So, here I am walking into the probation building; this was the day my life would change forever. I remember the smell of fresh paint. The office building was very plain white walls and no pictures hanging up the receptionist was sitting at the front desk writing. I had to sign my name on the brown clipboard with a blue pen. The receptionist told me to go to back my probation officer was ready to see me. She looks at me and says; this is your second chance and I ha... ... middle of paper ... ...me feel good about myself. She always made me work harder than any of the other girls; I would have to clean more and talk about myself more to the other girls. I would always tell the other girls that I know I made a mistake in my life but I am a different person now and I ‘m walking in the right direction ; making good grades staying out of trouble and looking forward to high school. Even after my probation was over Mrs. Henders would visit with me at my work to see how I was doing and making sure I was staying out of trouble. So, in the outcome of meeting Mrs. Henders was that I found someone who would listen to me and not judge me. She didn’t look at me like a juvenile who was a bad influence on others. She looked at me like a young woman that just made a bad choice. She gave me hope and inspired me to be a better person with a second chance of life.
After Toosweet (Anne’s mother), quit a domestic job she had with a lady that worked her so hard, she got another domestic job with the Johnson’s. Mrs. Johnson was a school teacher and Mr. Johnson was a rancher who bought and sold cattle. The Johnson were very nice to Anne and her family. However, it was Mr. Johnson mother, Miss Ola, who lived with the Johnson’s that appeared to have impacted Anne the most in the household. Though Anne did a lot of chores for Miss Ola, Anne learned to like Miss Ola very much and they had lots of fun together. Miss Ola would bake cookies for them every Saturday and had a bell she would ring when she had cooked something for them or wanted them to do something for her. The old lady (Miss Ola) who would call
Can you single out just one day from your past that you can honestly say changed your life forever? I know I can. It was a typical January day, with one exception; it was the day the Pope came to St. Louis. My brother and I had tickets to the youth rally, and we were both very excited. It was destined to be an awesome day- or so we thought. The glory and euphoria of the Papal visit quickly faded into a time of incredible pain and sorrow, a time from which I am still emerging.
There was a warm breeze, the sun was shinning, and it was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. As I briskly walked to the auditorium my heart was racing with nerves. Today was the first day I would have the opportunity to go and mentoring some of the young women at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center in Knoxville, TN. Ever since I found out this program was available I was more than eager to go and make a difference.
sues. Mental Health Probation Mental health probation is for offenders who have severe and persistent mentally illness (Delisi, & Conis, 2013). This probation tries to decrease recidivism, but the probation officer does hold the malefactor accountable for their crime(s). The probation also tries to lower the cost of protecting the community while utilizing a cost effectiveness and getting the offender treatment.
Whenever Waldine gets an award for school, her mother could not come to the ceremony because she is booked with work, though her mom makes up for her absences by being a big sister for Waldine. Since Waldine had two brothers, she did not know how it is like to have a big sister though her mother easily filled that void and was always there for her. If Waldine ever made mistakes, her mother would always comfort her and tell her that it is fine because people could learn from it. Waldine’s mother may not have been a great mom but she was someone that Waldine looked up to despite her flaws. Her mother does what she can for her kids knowing that she cannot be there when her children needs her the most and Waldine respected her for that due to her willingness to give up her time for them. Waldine was fortunate to get close with her mother because she was about to leave her and move to her dad’s place
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.
The first contact between an officer and a probationer is when an officer estimates a probationer’s risk. This is deterring if re-offending of a crime in the presentence investigation report. The report informs the type of supervision the probationers, receives. Certain disorders in its self are a fragile predictor of recidivism compared to factors such as substance abuse such as mental disorder (Trotter). One example is substance abuse it is one of the eight risk factors for general recidivism, and was found to have a mean effect on general recidivism compared to a negative effect on mental disorders. Officers mistakenly believe that many disorders are a forceful risk factor and rate probationers with mental disorder as high-risk. Even agencies uses a structured risk measurement to assessment probationers’ risk, officers may look away from ratings risk that disagree with their perceptions to rate the probationer’s.
now that I am a mother I understand her ways of parenting and thanks to her many lessons
Probation is more important to society than many would initially consider. Many community members are completing the conditions of their probation around you. The practice of probation and other sentencing alternatives has been used for decades and has varied purposes and results. Probation is a sector of criminal justice with its own strict rules, conditions, and participants. The use of probation is has a direct correlation to the community. There are specific tasks included in probation that must be completed to stay out of jail. This is not an option that is given to all offenders but it is one of the most common types of correctional supervision used. With the different levels of crime, probation is a sentencing option that should be used to keep prison population in control.
The day that changed my life. It was 7am that morning I woke up and got my black dress on with white lace at the top. I waited for my dad and brother to get ready as I waited I sat and thought to myself “how am I going to get through this today?” I never did find an answer to that question and I probably never will. I walked into the funeral home that morning, and with my family we entered the room this was the very last time I will ever get to see my grandma. She laid there as I stood there looking at her, granddaughter to grandma. She looked completely like herself mostly other than the makeup which wasn’t her at all. My grandma was apostolic which if you knew my grandma you would know she never wore make up. Not in her entire life all 94 years of it. But it was kind of relieving to see her look so peaceful she looked like herself in her handmade rose colored blouse and
There are so many events that change one’s life that it is rather difficult to try and decipher which of those events are most important. Each event changes a different aspect of your life, molding how one’s personality turns out. One of these events occurred when I was about twelve years old and I attempted to steal from a Six Flags amusement park. My reasoning for stealing wasn’t that I didn’t have the money, or even that I wanted what I stole all that badly, it was that all of my friends had stolen something earlier that day and didn’t get caught. After getting caught I resolved, because the consequences are just not worth it, never to steal or give into peer pressure again.
When I was in my undergrad interning at the family court, I was working under a liaison for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services and her job were to sign up youth for community hours such as intakes, and other things as well. My main job was to assess the clients, gather information and also let them know about the process for probation. I enjoyed gain experienced going into court for a hearing, arraignment meetings, and also sitting in on a probation officer PACT assessment. What has been most challenging for me, I was asked to do a PACT assessment on one of the clients and this was a difficult challenge because I feel as though I did not have the confidences or the courage to assess a client. The probation officer provided
Everyone has milestone days in his/her life that change the direction of his/her life for better or worse. Let me tell you one of my experiences that I will never forget from when I was 12 years old.
Many years ago when I was a freshman in high school, an event happened to me that changed my life for the better. My friend invited me to go hiking with him and his sister. He was going to go hiking in Yosemite. The following day I prepared myself mentally and physically in order to accomplish this hike.
Throughout life I have had many memorable events. The memorable times in my life vary from being the worst times in my life and some being the best, either way they have become milestones that will be remembered forever. The best day of my life was definitely the day that I received my drivers’ license. This day is one of the most memorable because of the feelings I had when I received it, the opportunities that were opened up for me and the long lasting benefits that I received from it that still exist today.