Duty to Warn for Federal Parole Officers.

Managing the Transition from Institution to Community: A Canadian Parole Officer Perspective on the Needs of Newly Released Federal Offenders

Jason D. Brown University of Manitoba _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to describe the needs of newly released federal offenders as perceived by community parole officers. Seventy-four parole officers were asked to answer the following question: “What do offenders need to succeed in the first 90 d...

Truth, lies, and videotape: an investigation of the ability of federal parole officers to detect deception.

The ability of a group of Canadian federal parole officers to detect deception was investigated over the course of 2 days of lie detection training. On the first day of training, 32 officers judged the honesty of 12 (6 true, 6 fabricated) videotaped speakers describing personal experiences, half of which were judged before and half judged after training. On the second day, 5 weeks later, 20 of ...

The Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act of 1990: Federal law shifts the duty to warn from the physician to the pharmacist.

Understanding Parole Officers’ Responses to Sanctioning Reform

There are constant calls for reform in the criminal justice system, but obs­ ervers have often reported that criminal justice reform is an exceptionally challenging task. As with any organizational change, resistance to new policies, procedures, and practices comes from a variety of sources. The relatively broad discretionary authority vested in line­level personnel often contributes to the dif...

Exploring the perceptions of the offender-officer relationship in a community supervision setting

This study explores the impact of the Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS) model on offender perceptions of their collaborative working relationships with supervising probation or parole officers. The data in this study was collected as part of an EPICS project at the University of Cincinnati. The results examine the nature and quality of offender perceptions of their probation ...