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• TITLE: An Analysis of Probation Service Order and Its Application in Kenya

  AUTHORS: John Onyango Omboto

  KEYWORDS: Probation Service Order, Rehabilitation Strategies, Challenges Facing Probation Service, Kenya

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.10 No.4, April 13, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Punishment of offenders is one of the societal forms of reaction to crime. Probation Service Order as a punishment is among the most commonly used alternatives to imprisonment. It is a form of community based judicial penalty meant for minor and first-time offenders. This paper which is a product of a library research is a detailed exploration of this form of punishment in respect to Kenya. The paper dwells on the origin the origin of probation service as a punishment, conditions that convicts must meet to serve on probation, and merits of this form of punishment. The paper also covers the techniques employed in rehabilitation of convicts, the history of Probation Service in Kenya, application of Probation Service in Kenya, and challenges facing Probation Service in the country. It concludes with a recommendation on how Probation Service can be made more efficient and effective in Kenya.