Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:168-7

  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
2A:168-7. The chief probation officer shall have general supervision of the probation work under the direction of the court. He may appoint such other employees as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, but the amount expended for this purpose shall not exceed the amount appropriated therefor in the annual county budget. The chief probation officer may make such necessary rules and regulations with respect to the management and conduct of the probation officers and other employees as may be authorized by the Assignment Judge of the Superior Court.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.137.