logicalgirl
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I'm not gonna sit here and lie.. probation didn't help me.. and it's not gonna "help" her either imo The only thing that helps a criminal change their ways is recognizing your behaviors, admitting them and then changing them. And for people who have made that their way of life even that isn't enough sometimes. I believe behaviors are habit and they become instinct.. in order to successfully "go through the motions" you have to change the way you behave or you are gonna fail.
My probation officer was located at the local police dept, I had a suspended drivers license and the local LE knew it, yet I drove to the police station every month for probation and was busted about 4 times for driving under suspension.. while that is not a "crime" per say, when you are on probation it is a violation of your terms of probation. I couldn't accept the responsibility that I was doing something wrong- every time they pulled me over I got angry at them.. I was like "well, how am I supposed to go to probation if I can't drive there?" like it was their fault :crazy:. You have to change your way of thinking in order to change your way of behaving. You spend your life justifying your bad acts and telling yourself you are the "victim" of an unjust society you are bound to keep re-offending and violating your probation.. you'll be "going through the motions" with your probation officer for a very long time.
Interesting - if you pulled that stunt in Canada in the province I live in - you'd have your vehicle seized plus a whacking great fine and a demerit against your license and your insurance costs...doubt you'd do it four times...