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Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-31-5-1

  • 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.
   Sec. 1. The judge of the juvenile court shall appoint a chief probation officer and may appoint other probation officers and an appropriate number of other employees to assist the probation department.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-9-4(a) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.14.