What was significant about the Massachusetts legislature's authorization of Boston's hiring of probation officers in 1878?
A) It marked the first time probationers received supervision.
B) It marked the first time probation officers received pay.
C) It marked the first time convicted offenders had an alternative to incarceration.
D) It marked the beginning of the first probation program in America.
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