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Kristin Y. Mack - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sentencing Recommendations by Probation Officers and Judges: An Examination of Adult Offenders Across Gender
Women & Criminal Justice, 2017Co-Authors: Michael J. Leiber, Maude Beaudry-cyr, Jennifer H. Peck, Kristin Y. MackAbstract:Connecting the courtroom workgroup model with attributions and stereotyping based on the focal concerns perspective and gender sentencing literature, the present study investigates the extent to which Probation Officer recommendations influence judicial sentencing, and whether the gender of the offender further conditions this relationship. Results from logistic and ordinary least squares regression indicate that there is concordance between Probation Officer recommendations and sentencing by judges. Offender gender has both direct and indirect effects on judicial sentencing through its relationship with Probation Officer recommendations, and Black males tend to receive lengthier sentences than other race/gender counterparts. These findings provide evidence that Probation Officer recommendations are an important part of the sentencing process and offer additional insight on how extralegal factors such as gender and race impact criminal justice decision making.
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Probation Officer Recommendations for Sentencing Relative to Judicial Practice: The Implications for African Americans
Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2010Co-Authors: Michael J. Leiber, John D. Reitzel, Kristin Y. MackAbstract:A number of studies have been conducted that assess the role of the prosecutor on judicial decision making in regard to the differential treatment African Americans may receive relative to Whites. Missing from this inquiry has been consideration of the influence that Probation Officers may have on this process. In the present study, the focal concerns perspective and prior research are used as background to understand the concordance between Probation Officer sentencing recommendations and decision making by judges and the extent to which this relationship may be tempered by the race of the offender.
Risdon N. Slate - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Factors Influencing Federal and State Probation Officer Turnover Intention
Corrections, 2016Co-Authors: Chastity Blankenship, Risdon N. SlateAbstract:ABSTRACTStress among criminal justice professionals is generally associated with turnover intention. This study uses survey data from over 700 state and federal Probation Officers from the same southern jurisdiction to explore factors significantly related to turnover intention. Pearson correlation and a structural model reveal significant relationships between a variety of variables such as the agency where a Probation Officer works, perceptions of participation in workplace decision making, job satisfaction, and physical stress as predictors of turnover intention. The results support the importance of job satisfaction, participatory management, positive work environment and physical stress as factors related to turnover intention.
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Gender Matters: Differences in State Probation Officer Stress
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 2006Co-Authors: Terry L Wells, Sharla Colbert, Risdon N. SlateAbstract:The causes of stress for criminal justice practitioners, including Probation Officers, can generally be categorized into four areas: internal to the organization, external to the organization, the ...
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opening the manager s door state Probation Officer stress and perceptions of participation in workplace decision making
Crime & Delinquency, 2003Co-Authors: Risdon N. Slate, Terry L Wells, Wesley W JohnsonAbstract:Stress can be costly not only to individuals but also to organizations. Participatory management has been recommended as a means for reducing Probation Officer stress. This article via self-report surveys of Probation personnel in a southern state considers the relationship of a number of demographic variables with employee perceptions of participation in workplace decision making, job satisfaction, and organizational and physical stress levels. Construction of a structural model revealed that employee perceptions of participation in workplace decision making was an important variable in relation to job satisfaction and its influence on both reported organizational and physical symptoms of stress. The results lend further credence to the use and development of participatory management schemas within Probation organizations.
Michael J. Leiber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sentencing Recommendations by Probation Officers and Judges: An Examination of Adult Offenders Across Gender
Women & Criminal Justice, 2017Co-Authors: Michael J. Leiber, Maude Beaudry-cyr, Jennifer H. Peck, Kristin Y. MackAbstract:Connecting the courtroom workgroup model with attributions and stereotyping based on the focal concerns perspective and gender sentencing literature, the present study investigates the extent to which Probation Officer recommendations influence judicial sentencing, and whether the gender of the offender further conditions this relationship. Results from logistic and ordinary least squares regression indicate that there is concordance between Probation Officer recommendations and sentencing by judges. Offender gender has both direct and indirect effects on judicial sentencing through its relationship with Probation Officer recommendations, and Black males tend to receive lengthier sentences than other race/gender counterparts. These findings provide evidence that Probation Officer recommendations are an important part of the sentencing process and offer additional insight on how extralegal factors such as gender and race impact criminal justice decision making.
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does the gender of the intake Probation Officer contextualize the treatment of black youth
Justice Research and Policy, 2010Co-Authors: Michael J. Leiber, Sarah Jane BrubakerAbstract:The presence of race differentials in case outcomes has recently been explained by a focus on the characteristics of the decision makers within the context of the interplay between discretion, a re...
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Probation Officer Recommendations for Sentencing Relative to Judicial Practice: The Implications for African Americans
Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2010Co-Authors: Michael J. Leiber, John D. Reitzel, Kristin Y. MackAbstract:A number of studies have been conducted that assess the role of the prosecutor on judicial decision making in regard to the differential treatment African Americans may receive relative to Whites. Missing from this inquiry has been consideration of the influence that Probation Officers may have on this process. In the present study, the focal concerns perspective and prior research are used as background to understand the concordance between Probation Officer sentencing recommendations and decision making by judges and the extent to which this relationship may be tempered by the race of the offender.
Matthew C Aalsma - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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juvenile Probation Officer self assessed mental health competency as a predictor of case management practices
Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 2017Co-Authors: Evan D Holloway, Keith R Cruise, Sarah M Downs, Patrick O Monahan, Matthew C AalsmaAbstract:Justice-involved youth endorse high rates of mental health problems. Juvenile Probation is the most common disposition in the justice system and juvenile Probation Officers (JPOs) are crucial for connecting justice-involved youth with appropriate care. We examined the role of mental health competency on the use of self-report case management strategy types (deterrence, restorative justice, and treatment) by JPOs and whether jurisdiction-level differences were relevant. Results suggest that mental health competency predicted use of restorative justice and treatment strategies and all three strategy types varied at the county level. The role of mental health competency in use of treatment strategies is relevant to connecting justice-involved youth to mental health care. Furthermore, a substantial amount of the variance predicting the use of all three strategies was accounted for at the county level.
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motivating compliance juvenile Probation Officer strategies and skills
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2017Co-Authors: Katherine Schwartz, Andrew O Alexander, Katherine S L Lau, Evan D Holloway, Matthew C AalsmaAbstract:ABSTRACTJuvenile Probation Officers aim to improve youth compliance with Probation conditions, but questions remain about how Officers motivate youth. The study’s purpose was to determine which Officer-reported Probation strategies (client-centered vs. confrontational) were associated with their use of evidence-based motivational interviewing skills. Officers (N = 221) from 18 Indiana counties demonstrated motivational interviewing skills by responding to scenarios depicting issues common to youth Probationers. Results of a hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that, while Officer endorsement of client-centered strategies was not associated with differential use of motivational interviewing skills, Officers endorsing confrontational strategies were less likely to demonstrate motivational interviewing skills.
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1 juvenile Probation Officer mental health competency and age as predictors of case management practices
Journal of Adolescent Health, 2013Co-Authors: Evan D Holloway, Sarah M Downs, Matthew C AalsmaAbstract:Adolescents involved in the juvenile-justice system are at high risk for mental health problems with over half of detained and incarcerated youth having a diagnosable mental health disorder. In this study, the authors sought to identify what individual-level factors are associated with day-to-day Probation case management practices and to explore if there is county-level variation.
Joel Miller - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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juvenile Probation Officer decision making in a reforming state assessing the application of evidence based principles
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2020Co-Authors: Joel Miller, Krissinda PalmerAbstract:Whereas research has shown improvements in decision-making shortly after the introduction of risk/need assessment (RNA) tools, studies of routine practice nonetheless show shortcomings in RNA utili...
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Contemporary Modes of Probation Officer Supervision: The Triumph of the “Synthetic” Officer?
Justice Quarterly, 2013Co-Authors: Joel MillerAbstract:This article considers the continued relevance of law enforcement and social worker roles to Probation Officer practice, a central motif in community corrections scholarship. It also considers how these traditional functions are integrated into community-oriented supervision practices, increasingly emphasized in policy circles. Using Latent Class Analysis of data from a national community corrections survey, a four-class typology of Probation Officers was developed, based on their supervision practices. While classes vary according to the intensity of supervision, particularly in the engagement of third parties (family, community, and the police), there are no classes that correspond either to law enforcers or to social workers. Rather, Officer classes are all “synthetic”—combining law enforcement and social work functions together in the same strategy. The analysis identifies a number of predictors of membership in more intensive supervision classes. These relate to ideological orientations, caseload cha...