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This paper will discuss the different classes of probation programs within juvenile post-adjudication intervention. In addition, this paper will include some background information on probation, how successful it has been with particular types of offenders, socio-economic-political issues and my assessment of the programs and overall opinion. Juvenile probation is the oldest and most widely used program through which a range of court-ordered services is provided. Approximately 70% of juveniles that are arrested are placed on probation. Probation may be used for low-risk first-time offenders or as an alternative of confinement for more serious offenders. In some cases probation may be voluntary, in which the youth agrees to comply with a period of informal probation in place of formal adjudication. More often, once adjudicated and formally ordered to a term of probation, the juvenile must submit to the probation conditions established by the court. When juveniles, ages 17 and under, enter this system, they usually are arrested and placed into a system for younger offenders when it would be a criminal act if committed by an adult. The process that usually takes place once arrested involves: intake screening of the cases referred