Essay Questions - Criminal Justice (Lesson 12)

Probation

PROBATION

Comparing probation (Name (School (Professor (Course

Abstract

Criminal offenders , once sentenced for their crimes , are sent straighaway to jail to serve the penalty imposed upon them for their crimes against society . But as the number of criminals being incarcerated are now outstripping the penal systems ' capacity to house them , programs by which the offenders can make recompense for their crimes have been utilized to lessen the number of those individuals seeking to pay for the crimes they have committed . Among these modes are probation and once they

have exhibited good behavior in paying for their crimes , some are granted parole rather than serving out their full sentences

Intermediate Sanctions : Other ways of paying for the crime

The penal system in the United States is under heavy pressure to serve out the restitution part of the offenders sentence . Prisons , however are far more expensive in incarcerating criminam offenders (Lesson 12 Expenses related to confining criminals in jail and the rise in the population of penal facilities often is said to be the impetus given to the rise of intermediate scanction to be levied against criminal offenders (Lesson 12 . What are these intermediate sanctions and how do they apply to criminal offenders ? How does the community benefit from these sanctions

Parole vs . Probation

The most used form of intermediate sanctions is probation (Lesson 12 As differentiated from another sanction , which is parole , probation is a sentence given by the court , allowing the miscreant to be under supervison in the community during a given time period (Prison Talk Online Community . In essence , this type is an alternative to serving time in jail or penal facilities (Chautauqua City Government . Parole on the other hand , is a system where inmates already serving time in prison is released prior to the expiration of the convict 's sentence (Lectric 's Law Library

When using these sanctions , some factors must be taken into consideration . If the offender is over of 17 , the sentence imposed by the judge may include an option for probation (Calhoun County Courts 1999 . By gaining probation , it means that the sentence of the offender has been effectively suspended (Lawyer Central , 2008 . The court is the arbiter whether one is a candidate for probation (Lawyer Central , 2008 but must meet some requirements handed down by the court , to be administered by the probation officer (Lawyer Central , 2008 . These conditions imposed by the court have a two-fold intention on the offender (Prison Talk

One is the regulation of the behavior of the offender , and two is the reinforcement of the rehabilitative process for the offender (Prison Talk . These conditions to be met by the offender may require that the offender gain employment , adherence to a curfew , maintaining domicile as to the courts ' wishes , avoiding illegal behavior , and staying away from persons involved in the commission of the crime , such as victims or cohorts in his past offense (Prison Talk . All these are strictly monitored and enforced by the probation officer , who may during the...