NEW YORK - DIVISION OF PROBATION - GLOSSARY OF PROBATION TERMS

• NCJ Number: 53048
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 40 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Dictionary
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROBATION TERMS, LEGAL TERMS RELATED TO PROBATION, ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING TERMS, AND AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX ARE PROVIDED IN THIS GLOSSARY.

Abstract

IN RESPONSE TO THE NEED OF PROBATION DEPARTMENTS FOR A COMMON LANGUAGE, THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF PROBATION'S MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS TEAM COORDINATED A TEAM EFFORT TO PRODUCE A GLOSSARY OF PROBATION TERMS. THE GLOSSARY'S APPROPRIATE USE BY STATE AND LOCAL DATA GATHERING AND INFORMATION UTLIZING PERSONNEL SHOULD AID IN THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESS. THE GLOSSARY, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY, IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES: PROBATION TERMS, LEGAL TERMS RELATED TO PROBATION, ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING TERMS, AND AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX. A SHORT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS IS INCLUDED. APPROXIMATELY 200 TERMS ARE DEFINED. (RFC)