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Volunteers help beat crime
What Is Volunteers In
Probation and Parole?
Volunteers in Probation
and Parole is an organiza-
tion designed to match one
citizen volunteer with one
offender who has been
placed on probation or par-
ole by the Lancaster Coun-
ty Court of Common Pleas.
VIPP attempts to devel-
op a positive, helping rela-
tionship between the vol-
unteer and the probationer
or parolee based upon a
sense of common friend-
ship and mutual trust. The
volunteer attempts to be a
nonauthoritative friend to
the individual with whom
he is matched.
The volunteer works un-
der the supervision of the
Court of Common Pleas
and the Volunteer Coordin-
ator. However, each vol-
unteer is free to spend his
his time with the proba-
tioner in whatever con-
structive activities he de-
sires.
Goals of Volunteers In
Probation and Parole
1. To foster a mutual,
personal relationship be-
tween a volunteer and an
offender.
2. To complement and
to aid the official work of
the Probation and Parole
Department.
3. To provide a stable
identity figure in the form
of a volunteer friend for
each assigned individual
probationer or parolee.
4. To ease the adaptive
move from the criminal
sub-culture to a positive,
productive, stablelife-style.
5. To intensify the valu-
able direct contact with
selected offenders.
6. To create a positive
opportunity for concerned
citizens to aid in reducing
the crime rate in general;
and to reduce the rate of
recidivism (a probationer
or parolee returning to
crime.) in particular.

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7. To provide better
contacts with, and to help
educate the general public
as to the work of the Pro-
bation and Parole Depart-
ment.
Desirable Characteristics
of Volunteers
Helpfulness - sensitivity
to human feelings and
needs
Integrity - a positive,
stable role model
Patience - ability to con-
tinue in spite of frustra-
tion
Dedicated - can serve
and contribute
“Listener” - will listen
and hear, not preach
Responsible - can keep
commitments
Reliable - can be trust-
ed
Dependable - can be
“counted upon”
Commitment:
1. Do YOU have at least
four hours a month to de-
vote to a personal indivi-
dualized program.
2. Can you work with a
client through the entire
length of his or her pro-
bation, from three to twen-
ty-four months, varying
upon the individual case?
If so then get in touch
with Volunteers in Pro-
bation and “Parole, 53 N.
Duke St., (1st floor, rear),
Lancaster, Pa., 17602.
Phone (717) 299-3840.
“We can no longer rely
on traditional methods to
solve the problems arising
in the administration of
the criminal law. . We
cannot contend that the
creation of the volunteer
program will solve all of
our problems; we can for-
see, however, that it will
be a substantial factor in
preventing a repetition of
criminal - and delinquent
conduct.”
WILSON BUCHER, Judge
Court of Common Pleas
Lancaster, County, Pa.
(Native of Marietta)
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