I need to know information about being a juvenile probation officer before college this fall?
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Hi\n\nIve worked in the Juvenile Justice System and depending on where you work, the hours are long, and it can be a stressfull and Thankless job, you will have to be stearn and consistent, and not let the youth get advantages over you, The pay is decent but that doesnt help if your overworked, and stressed out, I would take some Criminal Justice Classes and if you care about kids that much, you might serve better as a Counselor or Youth Psychologist,
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Try collegeboard.org, it will give you great background on the process.
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Just a guess but the offense that resulted in probation will probably count as a first offense.  It has resulted in a disposition and a punishment so odds are it won't be considered to have been dropped.  Juvenile laws vary from state to state so check your state codes in order to find out what happens next.  Some police departments have juvenile divisions that can also assist in finding out what to expect.
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If you do behave then you have a possiblity of of getting off early. Also if you maybe do volunteer work that'd look really good. Talk to your probation officer, don't make it seem like you're just trying to get off early, ask them about volunteering and all that. it'll look good and you'll be on their good side. Don't lie to them, just be honest. Thats what i did and it worked for me! I haven't been on probation in years! Probation is hard to get off early any other way
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That's really unreasonable of you to expect Yahoo! Answers to be the source of this information for you.\n\nHowever, I'll suggest where you might try.  First, YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.  Second, search John Jay College online, as criminal justice is its bread and butter.
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I don't know what you plan on doing if you want to be a criminal justice major - but I'd like to give you some advice from personal experience.\n\nIf you plan on being a police officer, or federal law enforcement (FBI, Secret Service, DEA, CBP, etc), and you need a college degree - pick your SECOND favorite major besides criminal justice.  The service you pick will train you on the law enforcement stuff.  All they care about is that you have a college degree.  You can intern with a police department or something during college to display your interest.\n\nIt makes you much more well-rounded and more valuable to them if you have a degree in accounting, business, or some sort of science (particularly chemistry or biology).  I even know a guy who majored in nuclear engineering who is a police officer (and has invaluable knowledge about hazardous materials and the potential threats of nuclear terrorism).\n\nHaving another degree also makes it easier in the future if you should decide to use your law enforcement experience and enter private business.  I've been stuck in law enforcement for a little while after trying to make a career change because ALL of my education, experience, etc is in law enforcement.\n\nI've advised many college students along this same path but no one really wants to do it.  They will have to learn it from experience.\n\nI attended the school with the courses that the previous poster listed.  It is actually the University of Maryland, and I've taken many of those courses.  Please feel free to email me if you have ANY qustions about being a criminal justice major or police work.
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in the UK they have trainee probation officer positions - a trainee with study for two years (paid for by the government) while working concurrently, they'll be in school for 2 days a week and in the workplace for the rest of the week, in addition to school being paid for they will get a salary from £15k - which rises to at least £21k after the two year study period where you will emerge with a degree and a diploma.
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Try contacting you local Probation Office, they should be able to help. Its now called The National Offender Management Service  (NOMS) and incorporates the prison service,
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Juvenile records are sealed. GED's are considered equivalent to HS diploma in all states. Yes...they should be able to apply to become a cop, but would still have to go through training/screening.
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A probation officer's job is to ensure that the person on probation is not engaging in any type of criminal activity.  Any type, whether it is doing drugs or hanging out with thugs who do criminal activity.  They also do spot checks on their houses any time they want when they are on supervised probation.  So, after that, the probation officer already knows that the person they are dealing with is a criminal.  There is about a 70% recividism rate with criminals so of course, they are always thinking their person might be up to no good and it is their job to catch them at it.
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Try the State Probation Department. They have a great camp for kids.
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its pretty good, but make sure you go to the carreer counseling center at least a year before you graduate, so you can start putting in applications and working on your resume.
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they will likely give you community service and probation, i used to work at the YMCA and most everybody that came in there was for a consumption ticket, they give them 100 hours of community service and probation. Or if there was no test that they gave you, i think that you might be able to fight that and drop it.
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It's called Safe Place...your probation officer or any state official could tell you more. It's only for a certain type of offenses and to my knowledge it's a program to scare them and let them see what's going to happen in prison if they don't change their ways.
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In most areas the actual min requriements is just a high school education,  but lets talk realistic\n\nBeing a state parole officer is a highly sought after position, most are employed though the state depart of Correction, so about 20 percent of all correctional officers already in the system will be applying for that position,  \n\nI have found that there is about 300 to 400 applications for any one opening ( more in some areas)\n\nSo you will need at least a Bachlelors degree and you can look into social work degree ( often better than criminal justice, since although it is a CJ job, you are considered to be there to "help" them by administration.\n\nNext you may have to get a job as a police officer first while trying for a position.\n\nnext there will be a test, written, only the top scores even get called in for a interview. so beating others on the test is of utmost importance.
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Depends were but I think it's a national deal\n\nYou can go as early as 18 or 19, you don't need a 4 year diploma in criminal justice, in fact DON'T get a diploma in criminal justice get it in something else because a degree in that will get you nothing. Get a backup like a Business degree because in case you get hurt on the job and you can't continue being an officer, you always have your degree to fall back on.\n\nYou do NEED a high school diploma, and be inexcellent physical shape\nNow if you go into the academy at say 19, the departments still won't hire you till you're 20 1/2 or 21, and they prefer educated people or people with life experience, or military
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Hi, I have 2 Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Sociology. I have been emplyed as a probation officer for 18 yrs. The law enforcement field hires with these degrees.