Meanings of probation order in English

He was also placed under a probation order for a year.

He also received a probation order for two years.

He had been released on conditions and had only recently returned to Maghaberry after breaching a custody probation order.

A man who threatened to "ruin" his ex-partner's face with acid has been handed a three-year probation order.

A teenage schoolboy who tried to rape a nine-year-old boy walked free from court on Monday with a three year probation order.

A Co Down teenager who tried to secretly film his fiancee's mother taking a bath has been given a two year probation order.

The former Libertines frontman, who has fought a well-publicized battle with drugs, was jailed last year for breaching the terms of a probation order.

A founding father of criminology, Leon Radcinowicz, said of the probation order that it was the single most important rehabilitative sentence of the 20th century.

When the courts apply non-custodial sanctions, offenders serve probation orders or community service orders, often as an alternative to a prison sentence.