Probation Officer: Katherine A. Sarvis
Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday 8:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Probation Report - Tuesday Nights 6:30 p.m.
sharp
Telephone #: (313) 343-2599
ROLE OF PROBATION:
Probation is a humanitarian
method of administering justice, not a gesture of leniency. As a
substitute for imprisonment, it is in large measure a counseling service, which
emphasizes guidance and supportive supervision.
The essence of the probation
system lies in the fact that the offender is not merely given "another chance"
but provided with constructive assistance in their struggle for social
rehabilitation. The ultimate object of probation is to reestablish the
probationer in the community with law-abiding values.
Briefly, some of the important
factors that a probation counselor has to deal with in attempting to counsel a
probationer are his family relationships, home conditions, employment problems,
group relationships, leisure time activity, education and goal setting.
If probation could be summed up
in a few sentences it would be "an enlightened attempt to cope with a crisis in
the life of an offender who possess rehabilitative potential." It is an
attempt to mold an offender into a law-abiding citizen.
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