Juvenile Probation
provided they undertook to not commit offense again in the course of their probation. However, pioneers of juvenile courts cast this type of sentence in a different way -- they intended it to be more than just monitoring; rather it was meant to be a "judicial guardianship" process. The innovation is linked to two major consequences. Firstly, the judge was cast in a new and difficult role as case arbiter as well as in the role of a social service administrator. Secondly, this view of juvenile delinquency led to the creation of the probation officer's position. Originally, these officials were assigned to every aspect of juvenile court… Continue Reading...