Professional ideologies in United States probation and parole

2013 ◽  
pp. 31-49
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Probation And Parole

Prison Crowding: The Response of Probation and Parole

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Finn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
District Of Columbia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Probation And Parole

A systemwide approach is needed to relieve the extensive prison crowding problems in the United States that reached its highest level in 1982, with 43,000 inmates added to the country's federal and state facilities. Interviews with 31 probation and parole officials in 30 states and the District of Columbia were conducted to determine the role these agencies are currently playing in the effort to alleviate prison crowding. The results indicate that there have been relatively few changes in probation programs designed to reduce prison crowding.

The Math and Science of Decarceration

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Austin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
National Level ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Violent Crimes ◽  
Safety Concerns ◽  
Lengths Of Stay ◽  
Probation And Parole

Despite a growing consensus that “mass incarceration” in the United States has reached unacceptable levels, there has been little movement in its decline. National imprisonment rates seem to have stabilized and will remain so absent a major decarceration effort. To implement such a decarceration effort requires a strategic plan that will lower prison admissions and lengths of stay for all prisoners—especially those convicted of violent crimes. It will also need to reduce the more pervasive nature of other forms of correctional control (jails, probation, and parole). Such a strategy, which relies upon current and past policies, is entirely feasible. But to take hold on a national level, the plan must negate economic and public safety concerns that favor maintaining high imprisonment and correctional control rates.

scholarly journals “And you will wait …”: Carceral transportation in electronic monitoring as part of the punishment process

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-87
Author(s):  
Erin Eife ◽  
Gabriela Kirk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Electronic Monitoring ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cook County ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
House Arrest ◽  
Probation And Parole ◽  
Carceral Geography ◽  
Depth Interviews

Electronic monitoring, often accompanied with house arrest, is used extensively across the United States as a means of pretrial supervision and as a condition of probation and parole. In this article, we bridge the literatures of procedural punishment and carceral geography to detail how this previously understudied process of transport from jail to electronic monitoring serves not just as a necessary bureaucratic process, but as a key moment of punishment and power. Utilizing in-depth interviews with 60 people who were currently or recently on EM in Cook County, IL, we argue that this moment of transport is itself a punitive experience. We find that sheriff’s officers involved in the transport process punish individuals through the manipulation of time and space, verbal threats, and infantilization. This punishment in transport instills a subjugated status that sets the tone for the EM experience, aiding in reinforcing the home as the new carceral space.

What the COVID-19 Pandemic Teaches About the essential Practices of Community Corrections and Supervision

2021 ◽  
pp. 009385482110190
Author(s):  
Craig S. J. Schwalbe ◽  
Deborah Koetzle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Remote Communication ◽  
Parole Officers ◽  
Probation And Parole ◽  
Integral Element ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Probation And Parole Officers ◽  
Supervision Strategies

The COVID-19 pandemic occurred in the midst of a reform movement in probation and parole supervision in the United States. Because social distancing orders created significant disruptions in probation and parole, the pandemic provides an opportunity to explore the innovative ways that probation and parole officers adjusted their supervision strategies with clients. We surveyed probation and parole officers in the United States ( N = 1,054; 65% female, 66% probation) in May–June 2020 about the supervision strategies they used with people on their caseloads before and immediately after the pandemic’s onset. Data indicate that overall rates of contact did not change, but that in-person contacts were replaced with remote communication strategies. Client access to electronic communication platforms, especially video conferencing, facilitated more frequent contact and more reliance on behavioral tactics and treatment-oriented case management approaches in the post-COVID period. Results reveal the potential role for video conferencing as an integral element of probation and parole reform.

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