probation office

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probation
noun[U]
uk
/prəˈbeɪ.ʃən/us
/proʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/
a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent ...
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office
noun
uk
/ˈɒf.ɪs/us
/ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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Theprobationofficehas a supervising court of local magistrates.
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He understood that, and we left his home and went to theprobationoffice.
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Often the parties themselves go to theprobationofficebefore there are court proceedings.
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If that is the case, there will be two sets of review committees: the probation case committee of theprobationofficeand the other.
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His parents went to get him from theprobationoffice—luckily they were able to drive there—and they brought him away.
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Will theprobationofficebe shut in the morning while training takes place?
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Theprobationofficedid not even know the phone number of social services.
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If there was ever any question of discharge, we would make careful arrangements for social service back-up and perhapsprobationofficeback-up to support the patient.
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In about 2000 it was being used as a chiropodist's surgery and aprobationoffice.
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Ultimately theprobationofficerecommended a sentence of 30 to 37 months.
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In the remaining 71 districts, theprobationofficeprovides pretrial services to the court.
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The federalprobationofficehad recommended a 15- to 21-month sentence, while prosecutors had requested as much as 30 years.
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Her lawyers requested a 12-year sentence, instead of the life sentence recommended by theprobationoffice.
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The second interview may be schedule either in theprobationofficeor in the offender's home.
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More probation offices had been visited, but that is not surprising, as they are often in the court building.
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In the probation offices of social services departments there is no treatment.
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Exchequer grant is payable on the cost of police buildings, magistrates' courts, probation offices, probation hostels and bail hostels.
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The entrance formerly used by the school now serves as the district court entrance, providing access to the clerk's office, a courtroom, and probation offices.
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Also, they appoint and supervise the county auditor, oversee the operations of the adult and juvenile probation offices, and are granted supervisory jurisdiction over the county commissioners court.
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