NAME: PANES, REY ANTHONY P.
DATE 03/18/2025
YEAR AND SECTION: BSC 3-1 INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Marvin Quisido
Activity #3:
INSTRUCTIONS: In a timeline table, provide the description and contribution of each pioneer
in probation.
PIONEERS DESCRIPTION CONTRIBUTION
John Augustus 1785 – June 21, Often regarded as the "father
John Augustus 1859 was an American boot of probation," Augustus was a
maker and penal reformer. He Boston-based shoemaker who,
is credited with coining the in 1841, successfully petitioned
English term "probation" and to the court to allow him to
is called the "Father of supervise offenders instead of
Probation" in the United States sending them to jail. He took it
because of his pioneering upon himself to monitor and
efforts to campaign for more guide offenders, helping them
lenient sentences for convicted reintegrate into society. His
criminals based on their work led to the formalization of
backgrounds. probation in the United States.
Often referred to as the Significance: John Augustus’s
"Father of Probation," John pioneering efforts led to the
Augustus was a Boston-based creation of the first organized
shoemaker who pioneered the probation system in the U.S.
idea of probation in the U.S. In His work greatly influenced
1841, he convinced a Boston how probation was
court to allow him to supervise implemented in the U.S. and
offenders instead of sending the world.
them to prison. Augustus
worked with offenders,
providing them with guidance Augustus’s work led to the
and support in their efforts to establishment of the first
reintegrate into society. organized probation system in
the U.S. His efforts laid the
foundation for the modern
John Augustus is considered probation system, which
the "father of probation" in the focuses on rehabilitation and
US for his pioneering work reintegration into society,
assisting offenders., and rather than just punishment.
Teodulo Natividad is the His influence spread to other
"father of probation" in the U.S. states and eventually to
Philippines. other countries.
Mathew Davenport hill was Hill was an English lawyer,
Mathew Davenport born on 6 August 1792 – 7 June reformer, and a strong
Hill 1872 was an English lawyer advocate for probation as an
and prison reform campaigner alternative to prison sentences.
and MP. He played a central role in the
establishment of probation
services in the UK, believing
Matthew Davenport Hill is that individuals could be
known as the "father of rehabilitated through
probation" in England. community supervision rather
than incarceration. His work
led to the first probation officer
Matthew Davenport Hill was system being introduced in
an English lawyer and social England in 1836.
reformer who played a pivotal
role in the establishment of
probation in England. His efforts directly influenced
the growth of the probation
system in the UK and set a
In the 1830s, Hill advocated for foundation for reforming
the use of probation as an criminal justice with an
alternative to imprisonment, emphasis on rehabilitation over
especially for first-time punishment.
offenders. His work
emphasized rehabilitation over
punishment and helped lead to Hill’s advocacy for probation
the introduction of the first in the 1830s laid the
formal probation system in groundwork for what would
England. become the modern probation
system in England. His efforts
directly influenced the
establishment of probation
offices and probation officer
roles.
Teodulo Natividad is the Teodulo Natividad was a
Teodulo Natividad "father of probation" in the Filipino educator and law
Philippines. practitioner who made
substantial contributions to the
development of the probation
Teodulo Natividad is one of the system in the Philippines.
most significant figures in the Natividad is considered one of
establishment of probation in the key figures in introducing
the Philippines. He was and institutionalizing
instrumental in the formulation probation services within the
of the Philippine Probation Philippine legal system.
Law (Republic Act No. 1054) in
1947, which laid the foundation
for the creation of a probation Significance: He helped
system in the country. develop the Philippine
Probation Law (Republic Act
No. 1054), which was passed in
Natividad is often considered 1947. The law established
the "father of the Philippine probation as a rehabilitation
probation system." His work tool for offenders, shifting from
on probation, along with his a punitive approach to a focus
advocacy for alternative on rehabilitation and
sentencing, has been reformation.
instrumental in shaping the
justice system in the
Philippines. His efforts helped Natividad is considered the
move the country towards a "father of probation" in the
more rehabilitative approach Philippines for his key role in
to criminal justice. establishing probation systems
in the 1930s and 1970s.
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