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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Probation officers"”.
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Psychological Flexibility and Experienced Vicarious Trauma Among United States Probation Officers
United States Probation Officers (USPOs) are at risk of experiencing vicarious trauma as a result of indirect exposure to the graphic and distressing material of those they serve. Vicarious trauma is represented through cognitive and affective alterations in the helping professional's self-identity …
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Pre-employment character assessments for United States pretrial services and probation officers
… pre-employment character assessments for federal officers necessary? Can character be tested? What does Aristotle's theory of moral perception and practical wisdom have to do with law enforcement? I will look at what constitutes human flourishing or eudaimonia and how it relates to law …
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The Restorative Justice Talking Circle Process with Probation Officers: A Phenomenological Approach
… system.</p> <p>Given the central role that probation officers serve in our criminal justice system, it is worth inquiring whether the restorative practices of the talking circle may have a positive impact on probation officers' professional and personal wellbeing. There is very little …
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The Relationship Between Leadership Characteristics Probation Officers Possess and the Success of Offenders
… exists between the leadership styles of probation officers and offender success (measured by recidivism rates). A significant positive relationship was observed between passive avoidant leadership style and recidivism rate. This result indicates that as level of passive avoidant …
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How do probation officers apply attachment theory in their practice? A qualitative study of probation supervision
… this thesis was an article that I published in Probation Journal entitled 'The Application of Attachment Theory with Offenders' (Ansbro, 2008). It was an essay type article rather than a piece of research in which I suggested that attachment theory might provide some useful applications for …
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Probation officers’ attitudes towards balancing public protection and human rights in the risk management framework of Mappa
… management following the Human Rights Act 1998. Probation has remained hesitant in engaging with the rights of offenders and victims when other expectations in relation to punishment, public protection and risk become the service’s priority. The same concepts have created dilemmas for probation …
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DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS AND AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS PROBATION OFFICERS' KNOWLEDGE OF OFFENDERS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
… study was to develop an instrument to assess probation officers knowledge levels of offenders with intellectual disabilities by utilizing a synthesis of subject matter analysis technique and a comprehensive review of literature. This study was conducted in two phases. The first phase was …
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The role of risk assessment in pre-sentence reports: Perceptions and experiences of judges and probation officers
… thesis is to examine the opinions of judges and probation officers on the inclusion of risk assessment information in pre-sentence reports. This thesis analyzes data related to opinions on risk obtained through interviews, questionnaires, and pre-sentence reports. This data was collected within a …
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Managing a risky business : developing the professional practice of police and probation officers in the supervision of high risk offenders
… that explores how the police and the probation services actually interpret and implement policy and manage mutual institutional pressures and biases. It does so by using interviews and debriefing process with police and probation practitioners, as well as by drawing upon the author’s …
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An evaluation of the functions of the assistant probation officer as a new occupational category in probation practice
… is to evaluate the functions of the assistant probation officer as a new occupational category in probation practice. The study also explores the knowledge and insight of the functions of assistant probation officers on the part of related role players, namely, probation officers (including the …
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The implementation of restorative justice in the sentencing of young offenders in the Northern Cape
… the attitudes of magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers to the implementation of restorative justice in the sentencing of young offenders. The study also explores the knowledge of the magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers about the implementation of restorative justice in the …
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The implementation of restorative justice by magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers in sentencing of young offenders at selected district magistrate courts in the Western Cape
… (non-probability), magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers were specifically targeted to ascertain to what extend participants were currently implementing the approach of restorative justice in the sentencing of young offenders. Data was collected from charge sheets with regard to …
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Probation: its application in the Republic of South Africa under the Children's Act of 1960
… place undertaken to ascertain to what extent the probationers and their parents have complied with the requirements laid down by the Children's Court. A secondary objective was to obtain the views of probationers, their parents, and the supervising probation officers on this particular method of …
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An exploration into what works in effectively engaging young adult offenders in probation supervision: practitioners and probationers perspectives
This research explores how probation practitioners might better engage young adult offenders in order to help prevent them from re-offending. While male adults between 18 and 25 comprise around 10% of the population in England and Wales, they account for up to 40% of UK crime (House of Common …
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Understanding and Operationalising Rapport Building in Police and Probation Interviews
… contexts, such as interviews between police officers and witnesses/suspects, or between probation officers and their service users. However, little research exists investigating how police and probation officers conceptualise rapport, how rapport can be operationalised for practice, or what …
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Probacijos panaikinimas dėl probuojamųjų pažeidimų /
Probation is a conditional alternative to a custodial sentence (deferred sentence and the release on parole from correctional institutions), during which the probationer is supervised. Its aim is to ensure that the probationer has an effective resocialization and to reduce re-offending. If the …
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Investigating the collateral outcomes of incentive-based contingency management within a juvenile justice population : a multimethod approach.
… programming and treatment delivered by juvenile probation departments. As such, there is a need to equip juvenile probation officers with effective interventions to address familial behaviors that may impact substance use and engagement in substance use treatment. Contingency management (CM) is …
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Social reintegration of offenders : the role of the probation service in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
This thesis examines the role of the probation system in the social reintegration of offenders in NWFP, Pakistan. Probation is the punishment most widely associated with rehabilitation and helping offenders to lead law-abiding lives. The probation system in Pakistan has a colonial origin. The …
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