PROBATION AND PAROLE

Probation and Parole - A comparison of UK and US Criminal Justice System



Probation and Parole - A comparison of UK and US Criminal Justice System

Introduction

When an offender is put on probation he or she is given a chance at rehabilitation, whereby upon proving himself worthy of going back to the society as a responsible citizen. However, the concept probation means different things to different criminal justice systems. To the British the probation of a criminal is seen as a duty of the criminal justice system but for the Americans it varies from case to case and criminal to ...