{"product_id":"on-probation-james-m-markham-9781560119517","title":"On Probation: Serving a Probationary Sentence in North Carolina (10-Pack)","description":"This book is about probation. In North Carolina, probation is a form of punishment in which a defendant can avoiding serving a suspended term of imprisonment by complying with a set of conditions imposed by the sentencing judge. If the probation is supervised, the defendant will have a probation officer--an employee of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety who monitors the case and reports violations to the judge. Probation can also be used to monitor a person's compliance with a diversion program like a deferred prosecution or conditional discharge (for example, \"90-96,\" a diversionary option for certain drug possession crimes). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProbation is not to be confused with post-release supervision or parole. Those are supervision periods that \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003efollow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e a person's release from prison, and which are managed by the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission in Raleigh, not by the courts. Probation comes \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e a term of imprisonment. In fact, if a person does well on probation, he or she will never go to prison at all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the second issue in a series of graphic novels explaining North Carolina's sentencing laws. Presenting the information in illustrated form is by no means intended to make light of a serious topic. It is, rather, offered as an accessible way to explain a complicated subject. It is meant to give crime victims, defendants, inmates, probationers, and their families an understandable resource that translates the words and numbers on a sentencing judgment into a practical reality. I hope it will be useful to judges, lawyers, and probation officers, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James M. Markham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1560119519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560119517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unc School of Government\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 6.70w x 0.80d","brand":"James M. Markham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129746911487,"sku":"9781560119517","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c49591f-254c-48e0-8886-e8f403f93537.jpg?v=1687465587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-probation-james-m-markham-9781560119517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}