Ethical Issues in the Field of Probation
The present paper is an attempt to discuss some of the important ethical issues confronting the field of probation. Special attention is focussed on the potential conflicts that arise from the two major roles that traditionally are assigned to probation officers: that of helping agent, and that of e...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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1993
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International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 1993, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-94 |
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| Summary: | The present paper is an attempt to discuss some of the important ethical issues confronting the field of probation. Special attention is focussed on the potential conflicts that arise from the two major roles that traditionally are assigned to probation officers: that of helping agent, and that of enforcer of legal conditions. Other ethical problems arise from the pressures placed on the probation officer as a result of the organizational structure of a given department and the level of government in which it is located. Those located on the national level must deal with ethical issues that differ from those on the state level, which in turn are different from those found on the local levels. |
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| ISSN: | 0306-624X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0306624X9303700108 |