Probation Officer
Definition
The statutory official who supervises a probationer, reports on conduct, and advises the court on breach or discharge.
Related terms
- Admonition
- A formal verbal reprimand from the court, delivered in place of any sentence, with no bond, no surety, and no supervision that...
- John Augustus
- A Boston bootmaker who began bailing minor offenders from the Boston Police Court in 1841 and supervising them himself, work later recognised...
- Probation
- A community sentence served under supervision instead of custody. The offender remains in the community subject to conditions: regular reporting, curfews, attendance...
- Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
- The Indian statute that empowers courts to release first offenders after admonition under Section 3 or on probation of good conduct under...
- Suspended Sentence
- A sentence that a court pronounces but does not enforce unless the offender breaches stated conditions, distinct from probation in most systems...