CALIFORNIA - SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF ADULT PROBATIONERS

• NCJ Number: 6194
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1969) Pages: 34-40
• Author(s): J R LANDIS; J D MERCER
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS, ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PROBATION CONDITIONS IN THE CASE HISTORIES OF 415 SUCCESSES AND 376 FAILURES ON PROBATION.

Abstract

THE GREATEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WAS IN ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR. PROBATIONERS WITH A PAST HISTORY OF DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS IN THE MILITARY, A JUVENILE RECORD, OR AN ADULT RECORD WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO FAIL ON PROBATION. THE TYPE OF CRIME THE FAILURES COMMIT (PROPERTY - AUTO THEFT, CHECK OFFENSES, FORGERY) SUGGESTS ELEMENTS OF CAREER OFFENDERS. IN TERMS OF SOCIAL BACKGROUND, THE FAILURES WERE MORE LIKELY TO COME FROM DISADVANTAGED CIRCUMSTANCES - LOWER EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS. THEY ARE ALSO MORE UNSTABLE, AS REFLECTED IN A HIGH INCIDENCE OF MARITAL INSTABILITY AND A GREATER TENDENCY TO MOVE FROM JOB TO JOB. FINALLY, CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF PROBATION, ESPECIALLY THE ORDERING OF RESTITUTION, WERE MORE PREVALENT IN THE CASE HISTORIES OF THE FAILURES THAN OF THE SUCCESSES. AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED