Generally, research related to the media representation of probation is relatively rare, especially in jurisdictions without a long tradition of probation. The aims of this study were to investigate what themes emerged in constructing the public image of probation and who were probation's key promoters, and to analyse whether there was uniform presentation of probation in the media over time. T...

BACKGROUND Since many offenders have drug problems, investigators have proposed that drug testing and treatment should be an integral part of probation. In 1994, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) funded a demonstration project designed to integrate drug treatment with traditional supervision services. As part of this demonstration a new procedure called 'seamless' probation was...

This note provides a brief discussion of the nature of probation in Illinois,a comments on the contrast between pre-and post-conviction due process,b an analysis of the arguments favoring and opposing the expansion of procedural due process in proceedings to revoke probation,c and a survey of settled and unsettled Illinois law controlling the various stages of the revocation proceeding.d Includ...

After four decades of steady growth, U.S. states' prison populations finally appear to be declining, driven by a range of sentencing and policy reforms. One of the most popular reform suggestions is to expand probation supervision in lieu of incarceration. However, the classic socio-legal literature suggests that expansions of probation instead widen the net of penal control and lead to higher ...

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is an intensive community-based treatment program designed to reduce youth behavior problems such as violence, drug use, and other delinquency. Although there is evidence of FFT efficacy and effectiveness with predominantly White samples, there is very little evidence with racial/ethnic minority samples. In light of the over-representation of African American and...

AIMS OF THE STUDY We compared seamless combination of probation and treatment (where the probation officer is co-located with treatment provider or is actively engaged in treatment) to traditional probation where treatment is left to the client's choice. METHODS Clients were randomly assigned to either seamless or traditional probation. We used a decision analytic approach which had two advan...

Introduction Probation in England and Wales was formally established under the Probation of Offenders Act 1907. It was in this Act that the „release‟ of offenders into the community under the „control‟ of officially appointed probation officers was made a matter of statute (National Probation Service, n.d). This Act also clearly defined the duties of these probation officers; primarily to „advi...

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...

Background: Most women involved in the criminal justice system are not incarcerated, but rather on probation or parole. We examined the receipt of health services and social vulnerability among women on parole or probation in the past year. Methods: In a community-based sample of 776 women who use crack cocaine or injection drugs, we compared those who had been on probation or parole in the pas...