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BENEFITS OF PROBATION
A. Probation Protects Society
• From the excessive costs of detention• From the high rate of recidivism of detained offenders
B. Probation Protects The Victim
• It provides restitution• It preserves justice
C. Probation Protects The Family
• It does not deprive the wife and children of husband and father• It maintains the unity of the home
D. Probation Assists The Government
• It reduces the population of prisons and jails• It lessens the clogging of courts• It lightens the load of prosecutors• It sustains law enforcement
E. Probation Helps The Offender
• It maintains his earning power• It provides rehabilitation in the community• It restores his dignity
F. Probation Justifies The Philosophy Of Men
• That life is sacred• That all men deserve a second time• That an individual can change• That society has a moral obligation to lift the fallen