The Role of Probation Officer in Carrying Out Monitoring to Conduct Measures (Judicial Supervision) in the Issued Judgment by the Competent Court of Juveniles in the Jordanian Law

Abstract

This study seeks the role of probation officer in carrying out measures of monitoring to conduct and judicial supervision in the issued judgment by the competent court on juveniles in Jordanian law, with the objective of identifying the mechanism for applying these measures that are not detrimental to freedom for a delinquent juvenile, and the strengths, weaknesses, and obstacles that the conduct supervising faces in applying it in the Jordanian Law.In the Juvenile Law No. 32 of 2014 and the provisions issued by the Ministry of Social Development, the Jordanian legislator has organized a mechanism for conducting supervising in probation officer measures and judicial supervision of a delinquent juvenile in terms of setting out a scheme of monitoring to conduct  measures and the procedures to be followed for its implementation and the essential legal period for that provided that it shall not exceed the maximum and  writing reports to submit them to the competent judge and the Ministry of Social Development according to the specific legal periods for that, In order to achieve this, the researcher used the analytical approach.This study has concluded several recommendations and results that we hope have achieved the desired goal, and it is taken into consideration by the competent authorities to amend the conduct of juvenile offenders.

Keywords: juvenile, juvenile trail, probation officer, judicial supervision, juvenile court.

DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/99-11

Publication date:July 31^st 2020