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Meanings of probation order in English

Russian
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Portuguese
liberdade condicional
Spanish
libertad condicional
Catalan
llibertat condicional

Court-ordered correctional supervision in the community; either community sentence (alternative to incarceration) or parole.

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Examples for "probation"
Examples for "probation"
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He said he was extremely proud of the work probation officers did.
Radio NZ
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He will serve seven years probation, the West Palm Beach court heard.
The Irish Times
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He is expected to be sentenced to five years' probation in August.
Reuters
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The public probation service will retain control of services for high-risk offenders.
The Guardian
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The Board reduced the proposed probation to one year, and stayed it.
Reuters
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The conditions included that he reside with his mother and remain under probation supervision.
The Irish Times
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Couch's probation supervision was transferred to the adult system in April when he turned 19.
Reuters
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A Tarrant County judge in 2016 then transferred Ethan Couch's probation supervision to the adult system.
Reuters
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He ordered Crowley to live at home, abide by probation supervision, and stay off drugs or go to jail.
The Irish Times
5
Since privatisation, the number of people committing a serious further offence while under probation supervision has risen by 25%.
The Guardian
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They have, for example, recently been awarded contracts for the supervision of offenders in the community.
The Guardian
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The standard of supervision of offenders in the community has been widely praised in a report by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI).
The Irish Times
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Probation union, the National Association of Probation Officers (Napo), has voiced concern at government plans to introduce private sector involvement to the supervision of offenders.
BBC
Usage of probation order in English
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He was also placed under a probation order for a year.
The Irish Times
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He also received a probation order for two years.
News.com.au
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He had been released on conditions and had only recently returned to Maghaberry after breaching a custody probation order.
The Irish Times
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A man who threatened to "ruin" his ex-partner's face with acid has been handed a three-year probation order.
The Irish Times
5
A teenage schoolboy who tried to rape a nine-year-old boy walked free from court on Monday with a three year probation order.
The Irish Times
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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 Irish Times
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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.
Reuters
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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.
The Irish Times
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When the courts apply non-custodial sanctions, offenders serve probation orders or community service orders, often as an alternative to a prison sentence.
The Irish Times