Probation Officer Roles: A Statutory Analysis
Author: Ming-Li Hsieh.; Moana Hafoka.; Youngki Woo.; Jacqueline van Wormer.; Mary K. Stohr Craig Hemmens.
Source: Volume 20, Number 04, November/December 2016 , pp.49-67(19)
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Abstract:
This current study employs a statutory analysis to examine the roles of probation officers. It identifies which probation roles are statutorily mandated today and whether such requirements fit the trend of the “balanced” approach - to combine rehabilitation and law enforcement roles in recognition of the need to both control and treat and as a means of handling large-scale community corrections populations - as identified by Taxman (2008).Keywords: offender management; recidivism; rehabilitation programming; community supervision; Peace Officer; reintegration; risk-need responsivity; surveillance
Affiliations:
1: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; 2: Washington State University; 3: Washington State University; 4: Spokane Regional Criminal Justice Commission; 5: Washington State University.