117). In the following essay, in addition to further discussing the characteristics of successful probation supervision, I will discuss motivational interviewing (MI) as an evidence-based approach to supervision, and its effectiveness. By implementing motivational interviewing into their practices of supervision, probation officers enable themselves to build interpersonal connections between themselves and probationers, and properly consider the specific needs and risk posed by probationers through conversation in a way that demonstrate both control (through change) and assistance (through assessment), thus satisfying the three characteristics of successful probation supervision. In successful probation supervision, a probation officer will ensure the establishment and maintenance of rapport. Rapport encourages the offenders (probationers) to open up to the officer, which enhances the officers capacity to effectively monitor the compliance of probation conditions and intervene on a continues basis to prevent the escalation of problems (Skeem & Manchak, 2008, p. 224).…
The ultimate goal was to not focus solely on the crimes committed by the juvenile, but to assist to their needs and provide the appropriate rehabilitation. In Edward Humes’ book, No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court, we are able to witness the downfall of such a once, promising system. Throughout the book, the author forms a numerous amount of observations about the disorganization within the system, evaluates those who work for the system, and mentors the juveniles whose lives were spent in and out the…
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He additionally takes note of the numerous probation officers that treat these young men in unjust, arbitrary ways. Most of these officers tend to be located at or near schools in Oakland; Rios also states that large portions of the young men on probation tried to avoid issues with the law, however the probation framework did not give the resources required to "desisting from crime. " Probation officers more often than not ignore young men's want to change and concentrate on pinpointing any little infractions for which they could be "punished" and detained. Such infractions are frequently outside the domain of criminal law and include school guidelines or community rules. As Rios watches, being suspended at school, disrespectful behavior towards others, or an argument with parents could prompt an arrest and further criminalization.…
For the juvenile justice system many organizations exist and many have competing goals. It is argued that because the juvenile justice system is composed of so many different organizations that it is a nonsystem and that the only thing that makes it a system is the flow of cases form the domain of one organization to another. This is a process that begins at intake and extends to judicial disposition with the organizations only working together with the common goal of managing their client population and response to offenders. Competing goals exist because each organizations have specialized expertise and unique perspectives and interests, which differ from the expertise and orientations of personnel in other organizations that they share the responsibility of responding to offenders. Often times these organizations make cases for the response that seems most fitting and tolerates or accommodates input from others.…
Juveniles require therapy and each juvenile need to be treated as a person in need of treatment in the juvenile justice system. The adult criminal justice system was designed to incarcerate adults for extended periods of time; its primary purpose is punishment. Prisons and jails are to house adults for short and long periods of time. Jails and prisons are dangerous for adults, but they can be detrimental and deadly for juveniles, especially those housed alone and those living with adult violent offenders. The criminal justice history has shown that rehabilitation of juveniles works best for most juvenile because they do not think and act as adults.…
The Fourteenth Amendment extended the liberties offered federally by the Fifth Amendment to the state level of government, which established the Due Process Clause (Chapman & Yoshino, n.d.). Furthermore, the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees procedural due process, the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights, incorporated against the states, and substantive due process (Chapman & Yoshino, n.d.). In the case of In re Gault, Gault was confined to an Industrial School until his twenty-first birthday, and the Supreme Court determined the sentence was a violation of procedural due process afforded by the Fourteenth Amendment (Cornell Law School, n.d.). Consequently, procedural due process outlines the processes the government must follow before depriving an individual of life, liberty, or property (Chapman & Yoshino, n.d.).…
4. I have heard from clients on probation about probation officers who yell at them, deride them, and bully them. How might this treatment affect an underentitled youthful offender? If you are underentitled, you already feel like you do not measure up to where you should be.…
Adult state jails serve to contain, punish, and separate potentially dangerous criminals from society, however juvenile state jails set out to rehabilitate our troubled youth. The government understands the differences between the brains of a fully grown adult and the brains of our youth community, therefore rather than lock away and forget about the youth, as we do with adults in state jails or prisons, the government invests in the rehabilitation of our youth through programs like the D.M.C. or the Disproportionate Minority Confinement. Youth state jails, controlled under the J.J.D.P. or Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention, serve as a means of rehabilitation for the troubled youth. Shay Bilchik, the administrator of the Juvenile Justice…
Probation/Parole Officer There are many career options in the criminal justice field and all play a key role in our society. Each department are like puzzle pieces they all fit together to make the bigger picture. One key role in the criminal justice field is probation and parole, and in this role a probation or parole officer can not only assure societies well-being but the offenders as well. The probation and parole department are a part of the corrections branch of the criminal justice field.…
(Kupchik, 2007). Meaning that officers who want to work with juveniles are recommended to have some type of experience with juveniles because it is not the same as dealing with adults. They have to be supportive and be mentor-like because juvenile prisons focus on interaction and rehabilitative aspects that are not really seen in adult correctional facilities. Officers have to deal with the period of adolescence that is filled with anxiety, confusion, fear, self-doubt, anger, and sexual identity. (Richard,…
The most challenging issues faced in the probation industry are dealing with the parolees not willing to help themselves into a better rehabilitative state. Probation officers can help probationers better their lives by following mandatory protocols depending on their charges such as goals of probation, risk and needs assessments, programs and approaches and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Probation officers goal is to determine what they are attempting to achieve through supervision. Because there are many programs and conditions that influence if the individual is going to be successful being on probation, leading to success is a complicated task and very challenging.…
The juvenile justice system is constantly changing around in the United States with influences from other systems across the world. There are many attempted programs and treatments that intend to keep the youth…
The probation officer has a dual responsibility to the wellbeing of his parolee and at the same time the safety of the community, but his concern for his parolee should dominate. In general, the parole officer role is to represent his parolee’s best interest as long as his parolee does not pose a threat to the public (Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778 (1973).…
A large number of juveniles currently have criminal records and or are incarcerated within juvenile correction facilities. Some of these juveniles come from homes that one would consider as being very dysfunctional and others come from homes were one would consider those homes were the parents would seem to have everything together. The one things that all these juveniles have in common would be that they all have parents and or guardians that took a part in the way that the child was raised. These parents and guardians are the ones who were there when the child was born and were the first individuals who took parent in the education process for the child. One would want to believe that outside influences may have turned the child into being a juvenile delinquent, but where does the responsibility lay when the parent is supposed to mold their child into productive members of society.…