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Working With The Police: A Positive Outlook From A National Sample Of Probation And Parole Officers, Adam K. Matz, Bitna Kim
Working With The Police: A Positive Outlook From A National Sample Of Probation And Parole Officers, Adam K. Matz, Bitna Kim
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
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What Do Supervision Officers Do? Adult Probation/Parole Officer Workloads In A Rural Western State, Adam K. Matz
What Do Supervision Officers Do? Adult Probation/Parole Officer Workloads In A Rural Western State, Adam K. Matz
Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
For several decades time studies have been used as a decision-making tool in criminal justice settings to assist in staffing allocation decisions. Despite their prevalence, these studies have rarely been documented in empirical journals or subjected to peer-review. Publication bias is a likely issue, with only those providing favorable results reaching a public audience. This study reviews the literature and documents a time study of probation and parole officer workloads conducted in a rural Western state. Results reveal probation and parole rely heavily on office-based interactions with probationers and parolees. An over-reliance on compliance enforcement, substantiated by other research in …