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probation

Medtalk A period during which a health care provider whose practice of medicine was restricted by a licensing or certifying authority or by a hospital's medical staff due to questionable medical judgement, is evaluated to determine if he/she can be allowed an unrestricted license to practice medicine or retain medical staff privileges. See Restriction.

probation

(prō-bā′shŏn)

1. In the criminal justice system, a period of legal oversight of one's behavior after release from incarceration or instead of incarceration after conviction for a crime.

2. A period after an employee is hired during which the employee's on-the-job performance is evaluated. During this time the employee may need to demonstrate his or her suitability for continued work and in many instances may not receive full salary or benefits.

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He was sentenced to 140 days in jail, 24 months of probation and fined $1,100.

Court Report

Ten staff have trained as probation officers through the higher level Probation Qualification Framework and seven are due to qualify and gain promotion this summer.

Working with offenders to keep public safe and reduce offences; Adult Learners' Week25 June - 1 July 2016

Picket lines were also set up at Gateshead Probation Office as well as at Teesside Courts Centre and the Middlesbrough Probation Office.

Strike by probation workers denied pay increase

Garcia told the court that Arcenas failed to report to his probation officer on June 24.

Bank teller's husband ordered arrested for probation violation

Rosado was not in contact with the victim in his case; to see how his part-time job was going; and to find out what steps he had taken to get himself settled into probation.

Helping to stay on the straight and narrow; A different kind of house call

Probation is currently undergoing changes as part of the Government's Transforming Rehabilitation programme.

Probation's role in rehabilitation WALES [...]; LETTERS

It appears that probation department will submit a report to the judge, who will decide whether to revoke his probation.

L.A probation dept. not convinced by just sending Chris Brown to rehab

The politicisation of law and order since the late 1970s has been well documented and Canton traces the influence of a punitive strategy on probation policy and practice through the emphasis placed on tough approaches to offending behaviour, such as finding 'credible alternatives to custody' and the 'proper punishment of offenders'.

Probation: Working With Offenders

In response, Harry Fletcher, assistant general secretary of probation service union Napo said: "Napo warned in 2004 that Noms would be a bureaucratic nightmare.

MPs voice concern over probation service

Under current Massachusetts law, any state court with criminal jurisdiction has authority to place an individual on probation.

The naked truth: an in-depth look into the question of hearsay admissibility at probation violation hearings in Massachusetts, the application of Rule 6, and what it all means for the future of the Massachusetts probation system

Inspectors discovered a typical probation official had a caseload of between 30 and 50 people, but some were handling up to 90 cases.

'Overstretched and under-trained'

An appeal has been made for new board members for the Wales Probation Trust, set up on April 1.