NCJ Number
146516
Journal
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Volume: 20 Issue: 1/2 Dated: (1993) Pages: 115-137
Date Published
1993
Length
23 pages
Annotation
Data from 206 probation officers in a southwestern State were used to compare the work attitudes of juvenile and adult probation officers and the determinants of probation officers' professional orientation.
Abstract
The participants included 108 males and 97 females. One hundred thirty-six were white, 49 were Hispanic, and 14 were black. Results revealed that juvenile probation officers expressed significantly support than adult probation officers for caseworker-type offender management strategies. Thus, juvenile officers continue to hold ideas in favor of offender rehabilitation. Findings also revealed that the more time that officers spend in direct contact with probationers, the more likely they are to support law enforcement strategies. In addition, male officers are more likely than female officers to endorse offender control strategies. Furthermore, officers who work in larger probation agencies are more likely than others to support offender control strategies. Officers with less education and those who are more politically conservative are more likely to embrace offender control ideologies. Tables, notes, and 43 references