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Federal Strategies of Juvenile and Adult Pre-Service Trainees

Topic: 
Volume 66 Number 1
Date: 
June 2002
Abstract: 

Traditionally, probation officers select their style of supervision from a variety of styles observed on the job and learned in pre-service training programs. The author describes and compares the probation strategies of juvenile and adult officers, paying special attention to the accuracy of personal selection for juvenile versus adult positions.