The law also permitted courts to appoint one or more persons as unpaid probation officers and one paid probation officer.
It gave courts the power to suspend the imposition or enforcement of sentences and to place defendants on probation for a period of time on terms they deem best.
As mentioned earlier, probation and probation were originally conceived from a humanitarian point of view - as a second chance or opportunity for reform. Not surprisingly, the passage of many local oversight laws coincided with a progressive period in the history of corrections (1900-1920).
Learn more about victimization here https://brainly.com/question/14888137
#SPJ4
