Probation Officers' Attitudes Towards Criminal Offenders, the Causes of Crime, and Treatment Programs
نویسنده
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Priming unconscious racial stereotypes about adolescent offenders.
Two studies examined unconscious racial stereotypes of decision makers in the juvenile justice system. Police officers (Experiment 1) and juvenile probation officers (Experiment 2) were subliminally exposed to words related to the category Black or to words neutral with respect to race. In a presumably unrelated task, officers read 2 vignettes about a hypothetical adolescent who allegedly commi...
متن کاملTreatment of Adult Sex Offenders
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the current state of sex offender treatment , with a focus on the question of the effectiveness of treatment. We begin by discussing some problems that arise in answering this question, followed by a brief discussion of the history of sex offender treatment, and a more in-depth discussion of studies that have looked at the effectiveness o...
متن کاملFederal Probation
Federal Probation (ISSN 0014-9128) is dedicated to informing its readers about current thought, research, and practice in corrections and criminal justice. The journal welcomes the contributions of persons who work with or study juvenile and adult offenders and invites authors to submit articles describing experience or significant findings regarding the prevention and control of delinquency an...
متن کاملNotes Fourth Amendment Limitations on Probation and Parole Supervision
The assertion of fourth amendment rights by a probationer' or parolee2 suspected of renewed criminal activity creates a potential confrontation between a fundamental constitutional guarantee3 and society's legitimate interest in correctional programs which rehabilitate released offenders and prevent them from lapsing back into crime.4 Because courts refuse to apply the exclusionary rule5 to pro...
متن کاملBatterer Programs: What Criminal Justice Agencies Need to Know
Batterer intervention programs were originally established in the late 1970s as feminists and others called attention to the victimization of women through domestic violence, grassroots programs sprang up, and service providers recognized that the offenders’ behavior needed to be addressed. The requirement that batterers attend intervention programs as a condition of probation or as part of pre...
متن کامل