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Early Termination: Outdated Concept in an Era of Punitiveness

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Volume 63 Number 1
Date: 
June 1999
Abstract: 

The author addresses probation officers' use of early termination as an incentive to encourage offenders to do well on supervision. The article discusses ways in which officers can offer incentives�for instance, in selecting the level of drug testing required or by reducing the supervision level�and addresses the appropriateness of raising the issue of early termination at the initial interview.