difference between Parole officer & Probation officer

Fiona1402 · #1 Sep 23, 2009, 04:53 AM

What is the difference between Parole officer & Probation officer? If anybody know about this, please let me know.

ROLCAM · Sep 23, 2009, 05:54 AM

Parole differs from probation. A judge may place a criminal on probation instead of sending him or her to prison. Criminals are paroled only after they have served time in prison.

excon · Sep 23, 2009, 06:23 AM

Hello F:

Parole officers work for the Department of Corrections, and a probation officer works for the county. Other than that, there's really NO difference in what they do.. As ROLCAM pointed out, there's a difference in their charges, however.

excon

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MissInformed16 · Oct 9, 2009, 08:42 PM

Probation = Provincial, so essentially the offenders ou are supervising are those sentenced to no more than a yr less a day in prison.
Parole= Federal. Parole officers are supervising the more serious offenders who got fed time ( 1 yr plus a day). They get paid more and have a much lower caseload to watch over than probation officers.



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