Do Juvenile Probation Officer Recommendations Mediate the Relationship Between Youth Behaviors and Supervision Review Hearing Outcomes?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Wyatt Gale-Bentz
Keyword(s):  
Probation Officer ◽  
Juvenile Probation ◽  
Hearing Outcomes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Youth Behaviors

Who Will Become Productive Adults? Longitudinal Patterns of Gainful Activities Among Serious Adolescent Offenders

2021 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2199638
Author(s):  
JoAnn S. Lee ◽  
Faye S. Taxman ◽  
Edward P. Mulvey ◽  
Carol A. Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Adolescent Offenders ◽  
Monthly Data ◽  
Longitudinal Patterns ◽  
Institutional Placement ◽  
Pathways To Desistance ◽  
Multiple Domains ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Youth Behaviors

The juvenile justice system is charged with the welfare of the children it serves, yet less is known about the prosocial behaviors of adolescent youthful offenders. This study identifies patterns of prosocial behavior for 7 years among serious adolescent offenders, the correlates of each pattern, and associated patterns of secure placement. Using 7 years of monthly data from the Pathways to Desistance Study ( N = 1,354), we used group-based trajectory models to identify longitudinal patterns of positive youth behaviors related to school and work among serious adolescent offenders and a joint trajectory model to assess the relationship between trajectories of institutional placement and positive youth behaviors. Four groups were identified that demonstrated a high, low, medium, and dips-then-rises likelihood of gainful activities throughout the study period. Gainful activities were negatively associated with risk for delinquency across multiple domains. Juvenile justice interventions should consider prosocial promise in addition to risk for delinquency.

The Relationship Between the Gender of the Probation Officer and Judicial Sentencing

2017 ◽  
pp. 265-290
Author(s):  
Michael J. Leiber ◽  
Jennifer H. Peck ◽  
Melanie Valentin Rosa ◽  
Tayler Shreve
Keyword(s):  
Probation Officer ◽  
The Relationship

Juvenile Probation Officer Decision-Making in a Reforming State: Assessing the Application of Evidence-Based Principles

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1136-1155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Miller ◽  
Krissinda Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Implementation Strategy ◽  
Probation Officer ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Juvenile Probation ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Rnr Model ◽  
Risk Need Responsivity ◽  
Experimental Survey

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 utilization. The current study uses an experimental survey-based vignette method to assess juvenile probation officer decision-making several years into a sustained evidence-based effort to implement an RNA in Pennsylvania. Consistent with the risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model, results show officer decisions correspond with clients’ risk and need. Moreover, adherence to the RNR model was found for clients across risk levels and offense categories. However, officers often relied on services for low-risk clients, and made decisions about interventions based on offense characteristics. Results suggest a discretionary form of decision-making, taking cues from within and beyond the RNR model, including from punitive and traditional welfare-oriented approaches. Findings highlight the challenges of producing RNR-consistent decision-making, even when using a sustained scientific RNA implementation strategy.

scholarly journals Motivating compliance: Juvenile probation officer strategies and skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Schwartz ◽  
Andrew O. Alexander ◽  
Katherine S. L. Lau ◽  
Evan D. Holloway ◽  
Matthew C. Aalsma
Keyword(s):  
Probation Officer ◽  
Juvenile Probation

‘Showing one’s card’: Negotiating disclosure through game play in juvenile probation

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-234
Author(s):  
Maureen T. Matarese ◽  
Carolus van Nijnatten
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Probation Officer ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Juvenile Probation ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Forensic Social Work

AbstractCommunication between probation officers and juvenile offenders is essential, clarifying the nature and cause of possible disorders and providing insight into the chances of recidivism and/or recovery. Forensic social work, however, is complicated as it is both oriented toward collecting information for the court (forensic aims) and aimed at helping the juvenile’s improvement (social work aims). This paper examines two unique cases of probation officer-juvenile interaction that utilize a board game intended to foster disclosure. As any disclosure may be used against the juvenile in court, the juvenile must be compliant enough without disclosing too much. Using a combination of frame analysis and discourse analyses of delicacy, we describe how the game is used to encourage disclosure as well as how the game allows juveniles to appear compliant ultimately without disclosing much personal information.

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