- Link:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10161/5243
- Collection:
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- Subject
- probation, North Carolina, criminal justice, mental
illness
- Creator:
- Shaffer, Whitney
- Contributor:
- Whetten, Kate
- Description
- This paper examines survey data from probation and
parole officers in North Carolina. Officers responded to an online
questionnaire about their caseloads; they were asked to list the
biggest or most important challenges they encountered when trying
to supervise probationers with mental illness. Probation officers
reported experiencing difficulty managing cases of probationers
with mental illness, but they largely refrained from blaming the
probationer him- or herself for inability to complete probation
successfully. Rather, officers named systematic and environmental
factors as their problems. Lack of good mental health treatment was
the most-commonly cited reason for problems arising in the
probation experience. The perceived needs and systematic
shortcomings noticed by the probation officers serve as a
springboard in this paper; against the backdrop of other literature
and legal analysis, this paper suggests “next steps” for the North
Carolina Department of Corrections, including areas for future
research and potential policy changes. “Next steps” are geared
mostly towards the creation of public-private
partnerships.
- Type
- Masters' project
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