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probation and judicial reprieve  

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  • Contemporary probation practice developed from earlier models, such as judicial reprieve. Looking for alternatives to required severe sentences, courts in the 19th century found ways to give certain offenders a second chance, which began a long period of individualized, offender-based correctional practice. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Probation and Judicial Reprieve]

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