In the same year, 1899, Illinois enacted the first juvenile court law in the world, with proba- tion provided as the cornerstone for the treatment of the delinquent child.
The "Father of Probation," John Augustus, is regarded as the first true probation officer. Augustus was born in 1785 in Woburn, Massachusetts. He was a permanent resident of Boston by 1829, and he owned a successful boot-making business.
The first probation law in the United States was enacted by the Massachusetts legislature on April 26, 1878, but it was not until March 4, 1925, that President Coolidge signed the first statute providing for federal probation officers.
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