probationer
- noun
- /prəˈbeɪʃənər/
- Formal
- The two groups were very similar in age; the mean age of drug court participants was 29, while the mean age of probationers was 32.
- probationers and parolees
- probationer supervision
- probationers report
Examples
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I would be in inner-city high schools on a daily basis checking on my probationers.
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Even as social workers work with probationers in other contexts, in recent decades they have rarely done so as probation officers (Roberts & Brownell, 1999).
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The odds ratio indicates that probationers are eight times more likely to recidivate when compared to drug court participants.
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Throughout the follow-up period, the highest probabilities of a court filing were among the probationers.
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Lowell District Court probation officer Richard White had high praise for the program, even though he estimates only 25 percent to 30 percent of his probationers make it through.
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Specifically, when compared to traditional probationers, drug court women were significantly less likely to recidivate over a long-term follow-up period.
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A study by the California Policy Research Center found that California probationers, even when nominally subject to drug testing, faced only sporadic tests and highly inconsistent sanctions.
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Also, felony probationers and parolees with illicit drug abuse problems make up roughly half the population of active hard-drug abusers in the United States.
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The probationer must check in regularly with an officer assigned to his case.
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The probationer must follow all the rules, which often include no weapons, alcohol, drugs, or associating with criminals.
Synonyms
A person released from prison who must follow rules and meet an officer
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Probationer comes from the Latin probare meaning 'to test' and shares the same root as prove. That's why a probationer is someone being 'tested' while living in the community under supervision instead of serving time in prison.