CRIM 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Probation Officer, Hybrid Offence, Risk Management
27 Apr 2018
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Chapter 6 – Probation Practice
Introduction
- S.731: where no minimum penalty is placed, they can put the offender on probation.
o Usually used as an alternative to confinement but also can be used in
conjunction with a period of incarceration (including intermittent sentence)
provincial/territorial on weekends
o 3 years is the max. for probation
o 45% of people usually have probation for around 15 months.
- Intensive probation supervision often used to manage the risk presented by high risk
offenders
- Statutory conditions: obey the law and keep the peace.
- Table 6.1 REVIEW
- Offenders who receive a period of custody are to be followed by supervised probation,
allowing the completion of parole
- Probation conditions are meant to be reasonable and prevent individuals from
committing further crimes.
- During period of supervision, they are able to add or reduce conditions, reduce the
length but not increase the length of probation
- A adult ho does’t hae a reasoale euse, fails or refuses to opl ith a
condition, or who commits a new offence, may be charged with breach of probation.
- A breach of probation is a hybrid offence and carries a maximum of two years of
imprisonment.
Models of Probation Practice
- Table 6.2 important
Recruitment and Training of Probation Officers
- Probation falls under provincial/territorial jurisdiction
o pre-employment training (courses to complete)
o on-going in-service courses, focusing on the supervision of special populations
(sex offenders and mentally disordered)
Role and Responsibilities of Probation Officers
- Activities involving assessing clients with respect to their needs, and the risks they pose:
providing individualized case management with objective of reducing criminal behaviour
and supervising offenders on probation, as well as persons who have been released on
bail while awaiting trial.
- In Quebec and Ontario, supervised by provincial probation people
- Other provinces, supervised by federal parole officers
- Table 6.3 important
- Probation officers help prepare PSR’s (Pre-Sentence Report): a document prepared by
the probation officer for the sentencing judge that contains information on the
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Document Summary
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