Prison, Probation, or Parole

Prison, Probation, or Parole? was first published in 1954.Some were petty thieves; some had committed murder. Some had careful plans to defraud their employers; others had committed crimes in the heat of anger or excitement. All had offended against society in some way. Any one of them might be your neighbor.That is how Paul W. Keve introduces the people with whom he dealt as a probation and parole officer and of whom he writes here.Mr. Keve recounts the details of some 30 actual cases which he