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