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Probation

Programs that provide for the formal supervision of individuals who have been convicted of a crime, usually a lesser offense, and given a suspended sentence which releases them into the community under specific conditions which may include a reduced term in county jail, fines, restitution to the victim, community work, counseling, good conduct and other stipulations.

Taxonomy Code: FF-050.655

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