"Probation- A term coined by John Augustus, from the Latin verb "probare"- to prove, to test."
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Probation can be dated as far back as the middle ages of English Criminal Law. Probation started as harsh punishments on children and adults that may have not been such a serious crime if any at all. The English used such sentencing as flogging, branding, mutilation, and execution. The harshness of these punishments eventually slowed down because sections of the English society were concerned with the effects on the evolution of the justice system.
Matthew Davenport Hill, and 18th Century English Judge and John Augustus, a 19th Century boot maker was associated with the development of probation. Hill had witnessed the sentencing of minor offenders to serve a one day term under the serious obligation that he or she be returned to a parent of a guardian figure the could supervise the offender. When Hill became the Recorder of......

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Title: Parole Vs. Probation
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