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probation: private  

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  • 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]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/probation:_private

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