concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: probation: private

diversion and probation
type: Concept
narrower: probation: private

probation: private
type: Concept
broader: diversion and probation
definition: The emergence of private probation in the United States correlates with the explosive increase in incarceration in the last few decades. The United States currently incarcerates more than 2 million people, which is more than any other country in the world, both in absolute numbers and in proportion to its population. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Probation: Private]