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Definition of Probation officer
1. Noun. The officer of the court who supervises probationers.
Definition of Probation officer
1. Noun. A law enforcement officer who supervises offenders who have been released from incarceration and, often, recommends sentencing in courts of law. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probation Officer
Literary usage of Probation officer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Monist 28:613-20 О '18 probation officers Examination for chief probation officer
in the Roeser. School Sei and Math 16:432-4 My '16 On the conception of ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"From the point of view of the probation officer this reaction is salutary.
The probation officers feel that the future development of the Juvenile Courts ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1905)
"When a person has been placed on probation the Court may direct and authorise
the probation officer to expend for the temporary support of such person, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Instead of a prosecutor employed to make a case against the child, there is a
probation officer appointed by the court "to represent the interests of the ..."
5. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"THE probation officer ALFRETTA P. McCLURE probation officer, Boston Court House
Description of occupation THE great interest to be found in probation work ..."
6. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"THE probation officer ALFRETTA P. McCLURE probation officer, Boston Court House
Description of occupation THE great interest to be found in probation work ..."
7. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1904)
"Such probation officer may be chosen from among private citizens, male or female,
clerks or assistants of the court making the appointment, ..."
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