RT Article
T1 Low Risk Offenders Under Probation Supervision: Risk Management and the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Framework
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 45
IS 12
SP 1809
OP 1831
A1 Viglione, Jill
A2 Taxman, Faye S. 1955-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1702640310
AB Community supervision agencies commonly use resource allocation models to identify the amount of monitoring and treatment to provide individuals under supervision. The risk-needs-responsivity model guides these decisions, suggesting the level of supervision should align with one’s risk level, with fewer services provided to those at a lower risk of recidivism. However, probation officers often operate under a risk management model with perceptions of risk guiding decisions. Using qualitative data, the current study examined the implementation of a telephone monitoring system for low risk offenders. This research explored (a) probation staff perceptions of telephone monitoring, (b) probation staff adaptations of telephone monitoring, and (c) individual and external influences related to telephone supervision use. Findings suggest officer perceptions of risk and liability affect use of telephone supervision for low risk probationers. Results highlight challenges associated with implementing the risk principle given tendencies to oversupervise as a means to protect public safety.
K1 Community supervision
K1 Risk and needs assessment
K1 Risk principle
K1 Low risk offenders
K1 Qualitative methods
DO 10.1177/0093854818790299