“…Although probation is routinely described as an “alternative” sanction designed to divert cases down from prison, research suggests that it often functions as a “net-widener,” diverting cases up from fines and other non-supervisory punishments (Aebi, Delgrande, & Marguet, 2015; Blomberg, 2003; Morris & Tonry, 1991). Further, probationers experience supervision as a punitive intervention with its own pains, including deprivations of autonomy, family life, and time—and the very real fear of revocation, or return to jail or prison for violating the terms of supervision (Doherty, 2016; Durnescu, 2010).…”