Parole and Probation

• Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole v. Scott, 524 U.S. 357 (1998)

OCTOBER TERM, 1997 Syllabus PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE v. SCOTT CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT O...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Probation and Parole Officers Speak Out-Caseload and Workload Allocation

Of course, community corrections officers are not singly responsible for achieving the goal of public safety; rather, probation and parole outcomes are embedded in a larger multi-organizational justice system that incorporates law enforcement, institutional corrections, and courts, as well as non-justice agencies including victims of crime, treatment providers, and others. Probation performs several functions to properly supervise offenders (e.g., home contacts; surveillance; drug testing; collection of restitution, fines, and fees; community work service; monitoring of curfews and travel restrictions; intermediate sanctions; and revocation) and offers offenders adequate treatment options (e.g., assessment and treatment referrals, motivational interviewing, employment and educational a...

• Federal Probation
• Vol. 71 Nbr. 3, December 2007

• Jail break: how smarter parole and probation can cut the nation's incarceration rate.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2004, Judge Steven Alm was assigned to the felony trial court for the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Aim quickly realized that he...

• Washington Monthly
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 7-8, July 2009

• Judges Won't Allow Missouri Probation and Parole Officers to Help with Warrants

A request by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office to allow state probation and parole officers to take custody of an individual for whom a warrant has been issued by a judge was shot down. Sheriff Oliver "Glenn" Boyer sent a letter to the Missouri Department of Probation and Parole on Feb. 23 requesting that its officers exercise their statutory authority to arrest in certain incidents, as authorized under Section 217.720 RSMo.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• March 31, 2011

• Probation and Parole

Background The use of probation and parole is governed in part by competing philosophies, classicalism and positivism. In shor...

• Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
• Criminal Law

• Darnell Hutchinson v. PA Board Probation and Parole, (3rd Cir. 2011)

NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ...

• Federal Circuits

• Standards for Adult Probation and Parole Field Services, version 4.2.

Probation and Parole Forum

• Corrections Today
• Vol. 70 Nbr. 6, December 2008

• Six Arrested in Pasadena During County-Wide Probation and Parole Sweep

PASADENA -- As part of a massive, county-wide parole and probation compliance sweep Wednesday dubbed "Operation Silent Night," Pasadena police carried out 27 compliance checks, arrested six people and seized two guns, authorities said. The operation targeted parolees and probationers throughout Los Angeles County, according to Pasadena police and county officials. The sweep as a whole included 158 compliance checks, 38 arrests and the seizure of 23 guns.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• December 15, 2011

• The Officer Responses Questionnaire: A Procedure for Measuring Reflective Listening in Probation and Parole Settings

In their MI training model, Miller and Moyers (2006) propose an eight-stage learning model, starting with a foundation in the spirit of MI and men moving to client-centered counseling skills, most importantly the skill of accurate empathy, followed by other stages (recognition of client speech, eliciting/ strengthening change talk, rolling with resistance, negotiating change plans, consolidating client commitment, switching flexibly between MI and other styles).

• Federal Probation
• Vol. 72 Nbr. 2, September 2008

• Donald Granberry v. PA Bd Probation and Parole, (3rd Cir. 2010)

NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THI...

• Federal Circuits