NCJ Number
134626
Date Published
1991
Length
7 pages
Annotation
To incorporate the day fines concept in Maricopa County (Arizona), the court created a new form of probation, called Financial Assessments Related to Employability (FARE); it lies between summary probation (unsupervised) and standard probation (supervised) on the existing sentencing continuum.
Abstract
FARE Probation targets offenders with low treatment and/or supervision needs who have historically received standard probation supervision. An appropriate FARE Probation candidate is a defendant who is convicted of a probation eligible offense in one of the eight geographically diverse demonstration project sentencing divisions and is not a threat to the community. In addition, the ideal defendant is not in need of formal supervision or treatment services, is employable or has a source of income, and does not owe restitution exceeding the day fine. The length of probation is in the hands of the defendant -- the sooner the Financial Assessment is paid, the sooner court supervision is terminated. In willful nonpayment cases, the court has the option of reinstating a term of FARE Probation with an adjusted financial assessment and possibly a term of incarceration in the county jail. 3 tables