THIS FILM DEPICTS A PROBATION OFFICER CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION IN A CASE INVOLVING THREE PEOPLE ACCUSED OF GRAND LARCENY. TWO OF THESE CRIMINALS HAD PREVIOUS RECORDS, AND ONE DID NOT. THE OFFICER CONDUCTS A VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE ENTIRE CASE, QUESTIONING EACH PERSON'S EMPLOYER, LANDLORDS, AND FRIENDS. THESE INTERVIEWS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE IMPRESSION OF EACH OF THE BEHAVIOR OF EACH SUSPECT. THE GROUP IS FOUND GUILTY OF THE LARCENY, AND AT SENTENCING, THE MAN WITH NO PREVIOUS RECORD IS PUT ON PROBATION WHILE THE OTHER TWO ARE SENT TO JAIL. THE PROBATION GUIDELINES ARE EXPLAINED TO THE MAN PLACED ON PROBATION AND HE IS TOLD THAT HE CAN HAVE HIS FORMER JOB BACK. OF THE TWO SENT TO JAIL, ONE IS RELEASED ON PAROLE AFTER SERVING THE MINIMUM SENTENCE. THE ONE WHO IS STILL IN JAIL IS PLACED IN A PRERELEASE SERVICE PROGRAM, WHERE HE IS GIVEN REENTRY SERVICES CONSISTING OF APTITUDE TESTING AND EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL COUNSELING. THESE PRERELEASE SERVICES ARE FOLLOWED BY AFTERCARE SERVICES WHEN HE IS FINALLY RELEASED ON PAROLE. THE PROBATION AND PAROLE SERVICES HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, SHOWING THAT THESE SYSTEMS WORK. (BAC)