PROBATION OFFICER • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Probation officer

... excellent system of placing juvenile offenders on probation for a first offence. This same report contains illustrations of the work of the Children's Aid Society's probation officer. "A boy, fifteen years of age, already on informal probation, and apparently doing fairly well, was suddenly brought into court, charged with breaking and entering his employer's shop at night. On {86} account of his past good character, he was put on ...

— Friendly Visiting among the Poor - A Handbook for Charity Workers • Mary Ellen Richmond