Probation and parole officers can take on various roles including agency models who strictly enforce rules, agents of rehabilitation who help offenders reform, broker/advocate agents who balance enforcement and rehabilitation, and law enforcement agents. An agent of rehabilitation would have the greatest opportunity to positively impact offenders by helping them reform their lives. As a probation or parole officer, I would want to fill the role of a broker/advocate agent to both enforce rules and assist offenders with rehabilitation.

1. Assignment Details
Describe the various roles that probation and parole officers can
take on in their job, such as agency models, agents of
rehabilitation, broker/advocate agents, and probation and parole
officers as law enforcement agents.
What type of officer do you feel would have the greatest
opportunity to make a positive impact on an offender? Explain
why.
If you were to go into probation and parole, which role would
you want to fill?