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- Defining
Effective
Probation:
Frontline
Perspectives: Howard Journal
of Criminal
Justice, Vol.
39, No. 4.
(2000), pp.
382-397.In
probation and,
in Scotland,
in criminal
justice social
work, the
evaluation of
effectiveness
is fraught
with
difficulty.
Engaging
workers in the
process of
defining
effective
probation and
in developing
effectiveness
measures is
essential if
workers are to
have any
investment in
evaluation.
The research
study reported
here attempted
to explore
workers'
definitions of
effective
probation and
found evidence
of
considerable
diversity of
opinion on
this vital
issue. In
general
though,
workers
preferred to
measure
effectiveness
in terms of
'outputs' or
'outcomes'2013
reducing
reoffending,
changing
attitudes,
increasing
victim empathy
and
alleviating
needs. The
study
concluded that
there are some
grounds for
cautious
optimism about
the capacity,
opportunity
and motivation
of criminal
justice social
workers to
rise to the
challenge that
the
effectiveness
agenda
represents.
However,
effectiveness
evaluation
needs to be
enacted in a
pluralistic
manner,
recognising
the ethical
and practical
complexity of
the issue, as
well as the
diversity of
workers'
perspectives.F
ergus Mcneill
Source: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 39, No. 4. (2000), pp. 382-397. - A study of
probation
revocations
for technical
violations in
Hays County,
Texas, USA: Probation
Journal, Vol.
54, No. 1. (1
March 2007),
pp.
52-61.Probatio
n revocations
were examined
for six months
in Hays
County, Texas,
USA, to
determine
whether
probationers
were revoked
and sentenced
to jail or
provided with
an alternative
sanction. The
results
indicate that
55 per cent of
the
revocations
result in
prison or jail
without an
intermediate
sanction. This
outcome is
compared to
the state-wide
revocation
percentage and
discussed in
terms of the
goal of Texas
Department of
Criminal
Justice -
Community
Justice
Assistance
Division
(TDCJ-CJAD) of
sanctioning
probationers
who violate
the terms of
probation, in
lieu of
sentencing
them to
prison. The
impact of
revocations on
criminal
justice policy
is discussed.
10.1177/026455
0507073328John
Stickels
Source: Probation Journal, Vol. 54, No. 1. (1 March 2007), pp. 52-61.
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