PhD Probation Report
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Formulating a Serious-Games Design Project for Adult Offenders with the Probation Service
This paper documents an investigation evaluating if adult offenders can benefit from a facilitated seriousgames design project as part of their probation program. Research has observed a participatory design group of adult offenders working with their probation managers and a PhD researcher to create a new serious-game for use by the probation service. A voluntary participant group of six male ...
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Probation is a well-established part of our criminal justice toolkit, but we know surprisingly little about the circumstances under which it is effective. Attempts to increase supervision intensity for crimeand cost-saving purposes have yielded mixed results at best. This dissertation examines the theory and scientific evidence on the effectiveness of probation, and the impact of changing the i...
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Court Support Services Division within the Judicial Branch designed and implemented two pilot probation programs that sought to decrease probation violations and subsequent incarceration. These programs were the Probation Transition Program (PTP) and the Technical Violation Unit (TVU). A final evaluation report of these programs was prepared in January of 2006. The initial report consisted of a...
متن کاملMental Health Assessment of South Korean Adults on Probation
Objective The association of offender mental illness (including those on probation) with crime has long been the subject of social interest; however, systematic management has been insufficient. The study purpose was to analyze mental illness prevalence, proportion of first offenses and recidivism with the mental illness of those on probation. Methods A total of 206 adults on probation were d...
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BACKGROUND The large and growing number of probationers with mental illnesses pose significant challenges to the probationer officers who supervise them. Stigma towards mental illnesses among probation officers is largely unstudied and the effectiveness of training initiatives designed to educate probation officers about mental illness is unknown. To address these gaps in the literature, we rep...
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