probation officer

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probation officer

1. An officer charged with assisting courts in the investigation of defendants' backgrounds and circumstances to assist in the determination of appropriate sentences and in the supervision of convicted offenders who have received a sentence of probation.

2. A similar officer charged with investigating the backgrounds and circumstances of juveniles to determine appropriate outcomes in delinquency proceedings and with supervising those adjudged delinquent.

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probation officer

(Law) an officer of a court who supervises offenders placed on probation and assists and befriends them

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proba′tion of`ficer

an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.

[1895–1900]

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Noun

probation officer - the officer of the court who supervises probationers

officeholder, officer - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

Translations

sociální kurátor

tilsynsværge

Bewährungshelfer

próbaidősök felügyelője

tilsynsfører

sociálny kurátor

gözetçişartlı salıverme memuru

缓刑监督官

probation officer

n → Bewährungshelfer(in) m(f)

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probation

(prəˈbeiʃən) , ((American) prou-) noun

1. the system allowing people who have broken the law to go free on condition that they commit no more crimes and report regularly to a social worker.

2. (in certain jobs) a period of time during which a person is carefully watched to see that he is capable of the job.

proˈbationary adjective

probation officer noun

be/put on probation

to (cause to) undergo a period of probation.

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Austin, probation officer, Court of General Sessions," he explained.

Now, the probation officer is trying to get the judge to suspend sentence.

He regretted he had not given the probation officer a stronger letter.

The probation officer, her hands filled with papers, bustled forward and whispered.

The judge bowed toward the probation officer, and she beckoned the prisoner to her.

And this probation officer, she, too, was capable, was she not?

In view of the good character to which your friends have testified, and on the condition that you do not touch liquor, I will not sentence you to jail, but will place you in charge of the probation officer."

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Roughly 120 probation officers and support staff have been working without a new contract since a three-year pact expired Nov.

County probation workers rallying for new contract

figure By RUTH MBULA Four probation officers are nursing injuries after they were attacked by a mob as they sought pre-bail report for three murder suspects at Omosasa village in West Mugirango, Nyamira County.

Villagers beat up 4 Nyamira probation officers, burn their car

The defendant was accused of violating the probation officer's requirement of no-contact-with-children under any circumstances, but the offender was able to show that his brief contact with children was supervised and met the terms of the judge's sentencing order.

Probation officer could not modify judge's specific terms

Probation officer Emily Hooley said he became aggressive and, referring to a forthcoming court case, said: "If I get 10 weeks I am going to burn the f*** Flint probation offices down when I'm released."

'I'LL BURN OFFICE IF I GO TO JAIL' Man's probation service'threat'

His brother, George, who was also a probation officer, died earlier this year after contracting a virus while in hospital battling cancer.