By: Jon Taroy

Backgrounds Of my Career choices Probation OfficerBailiff  1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents.  2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation.  1. A court attendant entrusted with duties such as the maintenance of order in a courtroom during a trial.  2. An official who assists a British sheriff and who has the power to execute writs, processes, and arrests.

Round One Probation OfficerBailiff  The probation Officer(s) job is to keep teens, kids, and adults in check.  They make sure there job is done because it’s no joke when it comes to there job.  They also make sure that no one in the court get harm.  Bailiffs must keep the judge safe and the prosecutor, and defendant in line.

History of Probation Officer  The origin of probation can be traced to English criminal law of the Middle Ages. Harsh punishments were imposed on adults and children alike for offenses that were not always of a serious nature. Sentences such as branding, flogging, mutilation, and execution were common. During the time of King Henry VIII, for instance, no less than 200 crimes were punishable by death, many of which were minor offenses.  This harshness eventually led to discontent in certain progressive segments of English society that were concerned with the evolution of the justice system. Slowly but resolutely, in an effort to mitigate these inhumane punishments, a variety of measures were devised and adopted.

History of Probation Officer part 2 . Royal pardons could be purchased by the accused; activist judges could refrain from applying statutes or opt for a lenient interpretation of them; stolen property could be devalued by the court so that offenders could be charged with a lesser crime. Also, methods such as benefit of clergy, judicial reprieve, sanctuary, and abjuration offered offenders a degree of protection from the enactment of harsh sentences.  Eventually, the courts began the practice of "binding over for good behavior," a form of temporary release during which offenders could take measures to secure pardons or lesser sentences. Controversially, certain courts began suspending sentences.

History of Probation Officer part 3  In the United States, particularly in Massachusetts, different practices were being developed. "Security for good behavior," also known as “good aberrance,” was much like modern bail: the accused paid a fee as collateral for good behavior. Filing was also practiced in cases that did not demand an immediate sentence. Using this procedure, indictments were "laid on file" or held in abeyance. To mitigate unreasonable mandatory penalties, judges often granted a motion to quash based upon minor technicalities or errors in the proceedings.

Bailiffs History part 1  In medieval France, the bailiff's counterparts, known as bailli, had considerably more authority, acting as the principal agents of the king from the 13th to the 15th century. They served as administrators, military organizers, financial agents and court officials. Over time the office lost many of its duties and most of its privileges, until the bailli became little more than a figurehead.

Bailiffs History part 2  A bailiff of the manor, who was selected by the lord of the manor. These bailiffs would oversee the lands and buildings of the manor, collecting fines and rents and acting as accountants. The bailiff was the lord's representative, and was usually an outsider, that is, not from the village.