Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed by the state.Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and often gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job.In the middle of the night,Chan Le is called to respond to one of his new clients who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store.Two days prior,this same client had failed a drug test.When Chan Le's client failed his drug test,he committed a

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A technical violation refers to a violation of the conditions of probation or parole, rather than committing a new crime. In this case, the client failed a drug test, which is a violation of the conditions set forth by the probation officer. Shoplifting would be considered a new crime. Therefore, the correct answer is B.

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