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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > psychology and law > sentencing and incarceration > community corrections > diversion and probation > probation officers: job stress
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probation officers: job stress  

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  • Probation officers supervise convicted criminals in the community. It is their duty to enforce the conditions set by the sentencing court, to protect people in the community from the convicted offenders, and to assist the offenders with treatment and rehabilitation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Probation Officers: Job Stress]

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