There are many different probation and officers typologies discussed below. 1)Based on the text and course notes below, what qualifications and/or education should be required for the job? 2)If you were a probation or parole officer, do you think you would fit any of these typologies? Explain your response. Course notes: Both adult and juvenile corrections have escalated during the last few decades. POs have assumed increased responsibilities and supervisory tasks in dealing with an increasingly diverse and dangerous clientele. In 2001 there were over 630,000 correctional personnel working in corrections, with about 60 percent of these working in probation and parole services. The functions of probation and parole services are to supervise offenders, insure offender compliance with program goals and provisions, conduct routine alcohol/drug checks, provide networking services for employment assistance, direct offender-clients to proper treatment, counseling, and other forms of assistance, protect the community by detecting a client's program infractions and reporting them to judges or parole boards, assisting offenders in becoming integrated into their communities, and engaging in any useful rehabilitative enterprise that will improve offender-client skills. The organization and administration of probation and parole services is most often within the scope of departments of corrections in most states. Services vary among the states, although there are common elements to all probation and parole services and programs. The complexity of organizational structure is highly dependent upon the nature of clientele supervised and their special needs. The rehabilitative aim of corrections has not been particularly successful. For this and other reasons, probation and parole departments have drawn extensive criticism from an increasingly discontent public. Criticisms have focused upon the lack of PO skills and training and the ineffectiveness of job performance . Professionalization through organizations such as the American Correctional Association , the American Jail Association , and the American Probation and Parole Association have attempted to raise standards relating to the selection , recruitment , and training of POs throughout the nation. In 2005, POs averaged $23,000 in entry-level positions , while top PO positions reached $93,400. Few jurisdictions required bachelor'sdegreesfor PO work, however, a majority of POs had some college education or had completed college. Increased education is the primary means for improving one's professionalization. Observers suggest that there is a high correlation between higher education achieved and work effectiveness among POs. Because of an increasingly ethnically and racially diverse clientele, POs have received additional training in cultural diversity . Some POs are recruited for dealing with special-offender populations where English is a second language. Assess ...