scholarly journals COUNTERACTING MOBBING IN THE PROBATION SERVICE

Probacja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 129-162
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Oliwa
Keyword(s):  
Probation Officer ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
District Courts ◽  
Special Position ◽  
Administration Of Justice ◽  
Remedial Actions ◽  
Probation Service

This article discusses the issues related to the possible causes of mobbing in the professional group of probation officers and the issues of tasks and activities of the probation officer employer in situations related to the phenomenon of mobbing in the probation officer service. Due to the special position of probation in the administration of justice, the author focuses on the tasks of presidents of regional and district courts aimed at counteracting the phenomenon of mobbing. It refers to activities that seem advisable in the event of the initiation of appropriate proceedings and remedial actions in the event of confirmation of mobbing. The issue of mobbing in the probation service has not been covered by a broader analysis so far. The aim of this study was to indicate the tasks incumbent on the presidents of courts as persons performing the tasks of the employer towards the probation officer, related to counteracting the phenomenon of mobbing. It cannot be ruled out that the variety and specificity of tasks entrusted to probation officers, the nature of these tasks and the structure of the location of this group in the structure of the judiciary may cause doubts as to the implementation of tasks related to counteracting mobbing.

scholarly journals POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OVER THE PROBATION OFFICER

Probacja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 71-105
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Oliwa
Keyword(s):  
Probation Officer ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Working Time ◽  
District Court ◽  
District Courts ◽  
Probation Service ◽  
Special Location

The article presents the issue of the powers of the president of the court in relation to professional probation officers who form the probation officer service in the area of jurisdiction of the district court. Due to the special location of court guardianship at the level of a district court and a regional court, the author focuses on the powers of presidents of regional courts and presidents of district courts, arising directly from the Act on probation officers or directly related to it. The aim of the study was to collect, systematize and organize the powers of court presidents under the Act on probation officers in such a way that it was possible to indicate which of these powers belong to the president of the regional court, and which belong to the president of the district court. The variety and specificity of the tasks entrusted to probation officers, the related task-related working time and the statutory self-government of this professional group may cause doubts as to the bodies authorized to exercise powers in relation to this professional group. Taking into account the organizational distinctness of the probation service in terms of supervision entrusted to the district probation officer, the author indicates the powers that the presidents of the district and regional courts have in relation to probation officers.

scholarly journals THE TASKS OF A PROBATION OFFICER RELATED TO THE MONITORING OF PERFORMANCE OF PROBATIONAL OBLIGATIONS DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD IN “O” CASES

Probacja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 57-86
Author(s):  
Anna Janus-Dębska
Keyword(s):  
Probation Officer ◽  
Professional Group ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Trial Period ◽  
Criminal Matters

The tasks of the probation officer who execute judgments in criminal matters, resulting from the Executive Penal Code, include, inter alia, control of the execution by the convict of probation duties imposed by a court judgment. Their aim is to educate and prevent the return to crime. In connection with the supervision of the performance of duties during the trial period without adjudicated supervision, probation officers have a number of tasks that are discussed in this article. It also addresses issues raised by probation officers in the scope in which the implementing provisions do not directly specify the obligations of this professional group.

scholarly journals The need for intercultural sensitivity: A frontline report of a German probation officer

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-311
Author(s):  
Christian Ghanem
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Probation Officer ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Probation Service ◽  
Critical Reflections

In this contribution, a German probation officer provides some critical reflections and argues for an increasing need to enhance intercultural sensitivity among probation officers. If the probation service wants to avoid contributing to the social exclusion of its clients, changes on an educational, organizational and political level are necessary.

Probation, PSRs and public protection: Has a ‘critical point’ been reached?

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Nash
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Probation Officer ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Police Interviews ◽  
Probation Service

This article asks if the time has come to develop ethical and legal safeguards in respect of probation service interviews with offenders related to public protection matters. Police interviews in England and Wales with suspects have long had protective measures around them and have also in recent years developed a whole range of ethical training and protocols to govern the quality of interviewing and information gathering. The measures are deemed necessary as these stages in criminal justice processes are considered to be ‘critical points’. It is argued here that at a time when probation interview training (at least in the qualifying phase) has decreased, the importance attached to the information gained has increased. As indeterminate sentences for public protection become ever-more popular with sentencers, the importance of probation officer risk assessment has reached new heights; yet offenders have only minimal safeguards in terms of what they say to probation officers in interview.

Probation officer discretion in monitoring and violating supervision conditions

2021 ◽  
pp. 026455052110415
Author(s):  
Ebony Ruhland ◽  
Esther Scheibler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Probation Officer ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Probation is a sentence served in the community and includes a number of supervision conditions. If the conditions are violated, individuals could receive a sanction, including revocation. Not every violation, however, may receive a consequence. Probation officers have discretion for how they manage individuals on the caseloads. This study used qualitative data from two departments in a MidWest state in the United States, one rural and one urban, to explore officer decision-making in supervision. It is critical to examine these factors due to the high number of individuals revoked from probation each year. The study findings illustrate the factors officers use in monitoring conditions, as well as in violations and revocations.

scholarly journals From clients as fellow citizens to service users as co-producers of social work

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Peter Beresford ◽  
Suzy Croft
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Income Security ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Probation Service

Social work training remained the required pattern for probation officers for the first half of the last fifty years. With the abandonment of that link probation has gradually shifted its focus from ‘advise assist and befriend’ to surveillance and risk assessment. With that shift has come incoherence in management and organisation culminating in the disaster of Transforming Rehabilitation, the flagship reform introducing the private sector and payment by results. The policy on adult offenders is contrasted with the relative success of the Youth justice Board.Despite the absence of relationships from probation service publicity material, social work skills are required to engage with the issues of housing, employment and income security which blight lives of offenders after discharge.

scholarly journals Some Countries’ Experience in Organizing Professional Training and Activity of Probation Officers

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 98-102
Author(s):  
Oleh Duka
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Probation Service ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Organizational Features

Abstract In the article, some countries’ experience in organizing professional training and activities of probation officers has been analyzed. Based on comparative analysis of activities of the Probation Institute abroad, it has been determined that probation service has different functional and organizational features in individual countries. For instance, probation service in different countries is subordinate to different agencies. Thus, probation service in Great Britain, Denmark, Japan, Finland, Norway, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Estonia is under the control of the Ministry of Justice; in the USA, Germany, Hungary, it is subordinate to the judiciary; in the Netherlands – public prosecutor’s office; in Sweden – prison authorities; in Singapore, probation service is under the guidance of the Ministry of Community Development and Sports. Another difference consists in the fact that in some countries the law defines probation as punishment (Sweden, Finland, Latvia), whereas in other countries it refers to some criminal measures (Great Britain), exemption from punishment (Estonia) or is not determined at all (the USA). Despite the differences, the goals and means of achieving them in each probation service are similar in the context of criminal law. The approaches to professional training of probation officers have been analyzed and relevant conclusions have been drawn regarding organization of probation officers’ professional training in Ukraine. In particular, work with offenders should be performed by highly qualified specialists who have a degree and who have passed specialized training courses in educational institutions subordinate to probation authorities. It is important that the content of probation officers’ professional training should be constantly updated, taking into account new approaches and methods of working with convicts, which are recognized as effective.

Youthful Offenders in Israel

1978 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon Fishman
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Probation Officer ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Legal Provision ◽  
Ethnic Stereotypes ◽  
Youthful Offenders ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Youthful Offender

AbstractThis study investigates the legal status and treatment of the youthful offender in Israel. Due to a legal provision, in the case of the youthful offender, the court is required to receive a pre-sentencing report from a probation officer; however, there is no institutionalized indication as to how or to what degree the judges should follow the report. Our findings reveal that both judges and probation officers adhere to high professional standards and make their decisions according to the specific case brought in front of them, and that they are not affected by social class or ethnic stereotypes. In spite of a considerable correspondence between the recommendations made by the probation officers and the decisions made by the judges, one cannot avoid noticing also some discrepancy. This is attributed to the strong therapeutic values which characterize the probation officers' training and which are less evident among the judges. The consequences of this discrepancy are analysed and discussed and a few steps to narrow the gap are suggested.

The right to an audience at court: Realities, risks and challenges. A qualitative study from the perspective of practitioners working in a Community Rehabilitation Company

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Woolford ◽  
Peter Salami
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Sentencing Decisions ◽  
Mandatory Training ◽  
Community Rehabilitation ◽  
New Public ◽  
Probation Service ◽  
The Right ◽  
Privately Owned

A fundamental role of the probation service is to provide advice and information to courts assisting in determining the most appropriate sentencing decisions. Historically, all probation officers as part of their mandatory training had experience in a court setting. Under the government’s Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) reforms, probation services were divided into 21 new privately-owned Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and a new public National Probation Service (NPS). This resulted in the NPS assuming the right to an audience at court by statute and the withdrawal of a right to an audience at court for CRCs. This qualitative study conducted during the summer of 2017 seeks to gain an insight into the views of CRC practitioners on contemporary court practice, specifically exploring their views on not having a professional role to provide advice and information on their caseload in court. The interviews identified four themes, reflecting both barriers to, and facilitators of, the withdrawal of the right to an audience at court by the CRC. These themes illustrated that the initial developments in the courts post-TR did not give the opportunity for active CRC involvement, resulting in increased scrutiny and criticism of their practice.

Individual-Level Predictors of the Working Relationship between Probation Officers and Probationers

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-725
Author(s):  
Lincoln Sloas ◽  
Jennifer Lerch ◽  
Scott Walters ◽  
Faye S. Taxman
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Probation Officer ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Working Relationship ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Addiction Severity

The working relationship between probation officers and probationers is an important area of research given recent studies illustrate a strong relationship reduces recidivism. In this study, the perceptions of the working relationship between officers and probationers were examined among a group of substance-using probationers who participated in a multi-site randomized clinical trial. After 6 months, probationers who reported greater alcohol use and greater family and peer drug use on a baseline Addiction Severity Index were less likely to perceive their probation officer as being caring/fair/trustworthy, and older probationers were less likely to perceive their PO as being tough. Important policy implications are discussed.

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