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    require a personal visit or personal contact with the officer (Alarid & Del Carmen, 2012). Individuals on the administrative level are required to call in and leave a voicemail or mail in a residence verification and employment document (Alarid & Del Carmen, 2012). A caseload is the number of individuals that one probation or parole officer is responsible for and can supervise effectively (Alarid & Del Carmen, 2012). The number of people that one officer can supervise varies from state to state (Alarid

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    Crime In Law Enforcement

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    Florida, I have seen how drug dealers and crime harmed communities, and affected families. I believe that receiving my Bachelors of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies will equip me with the tools that I need to be a successful law enforcement officer. Although, there are many negatives that surround the current state of law enforcement, I am optimistic that agencies will improve their images by putting more emphasis on community policing. In this paper, I will be exploring why individuals commit

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    who runs the daily operation of each sub-department. The Department’s headquarter is located in Tallahassee Florida where 3,000 employees are employed statewide. Broward County, the seventeenth circuit employs one hundred and twenty employees in Probation. The Department’s mission is to increase public safety by reducing juvenile delinquency through effective prevention, intervention and treatment services that strengthen families and turn around the lives of troubled youth. The Department’s vision

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    Probation is a sentence that is given to offenders instead of jail. Probation comes in different forms and many different conditions; therefore, if you were unable to meet those conditions you may be sent to jail. Probation is mostly used for first time offenders, or for those charged with minor crimes. When given probation you must meet with an assigned probation officer on a regular basis. Probation dates back to English common law. The first probation officer was recognized by the Supreme Court

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    the Texas Probation. These two fields include some of the most extensive hiring process that is out there. A probation officer has many duties to fulfill. They are not only supervising the offenders that live within the community, but monitoring each probationer’s progress. The offender must stay away of any trouble, and comply with the rules and regulations required. A

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    477 Fairton Road in Monroe New Jersey. The purpose of the visit was to ensure that Ms. Mango had proper housing for herself and her daughter. Additionally, this worker was able to informed Ms. Mango that she had violated probation and needed to contact her probation officer Jennifer immediately. Lastly the worker wanted to inform Ms. Mango that she needed to undergo a substance abuse assessment as well as inquired about Ms. Mango’s plan for her and her daughter. The worker arrived at the family’s

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    Unconditional probation refers to the idea that the probationer’s behavior is under observation and their probation has terms that must be met but they are not officially monitored by a probation officer. Meanwhile, conditional probation applies to those who have monitoring officially and has to report into the local law enforcement. Last, special probation applies to probationers who have to fulfill certain terms as a condition of their probation like complete school or a program

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    they were on the streets. There are correctional officers that work there, but they can’t observe everything that goes on in the prison system. This is one of the reasons that being a parole officer would be a good job to have. The streets are already bad enough so taking some of the bad guys off the streets can help get the community back under control. Parole officer not only help in the streets the help in the court house. Parole officers can help the judge make decisions on what the

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    Ethical Decision Scenario Worksheet Read the following scenario: Shannon is a juvenile probation officer with the Department of Juvenile Justice. Recently, she covered her coworker, Janet’s client load, while Janet was on vacation. Shannon met with several of Janet’s clients. After meeting with clients, she discovered a pattern in which the clients would report that they have not seen Janet in 2 to 3 months. However, the case files reflected face-to-face contact with all of her clients

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    There is a conflicting nature of the role of a probation officer that comes from the idea that their part makes them into a double standard. They have loyalty to their case list and society. By and large terms, we can say that a more noteworthy spotlight on the component of support appears to show the officers main goal to secure the clients' advantage, while a more noteworthy focus is on the component of control which appears to demonstrate that the officers wish to make society happy. Ronco (2013, p

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