Probation Officer Roles: A Statutory Analysis

There are a limited number of studies that explore the legally prescribed roles of probation officers. To address this, the current study employed a statutory analysis to examine how probation officer roles have changed over the past 30 years, identifying which tasks and roles are statutorily mandated for probation officers. Findings indicate that there is an emergence of a case manager approach in the legally prescribed roles for probation officers in many states, even though law enforcement-oriented tasks are slightly more prescribed by law than rehabilitation-oriented tasks

What Legally Prescribed Functions Tell Us: Role Differences Between Adult and Juvenile Probation Officers

The authors\u27 current study, which is built on prior attempts to explore legally prescribed probation functions across 50 states and the District of Columbia, examines the statutorily prescribed duties of adult and juvenile probation officers in the past 10 years. Analyses of role shifts and the complementarities and differences that exist in the statutes are also explored

Foreigners in their own homeland An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of criminal deportation and reintegration experiences

To date, there has been little attention given to the reintegration of convicted criminals after their deportation. While in the United States, programs, and interventions are dedicated for the successful reentry of convicted criminals released within the country. The purpose of this article is to explore how deportees experience a reentry into a place that many of them consider an unfamiliar country. This study specifically examines the experiences of Tongans who have been deported from abroad, back to the islands of Tonga.Tonga, the last remaining kingdom in the South Pacific, consists of about 169 islands and is inhabited by approximately 100,000 people. Tonga has never been colonized and maintains a much of its cultural values and social organization allowing the country to sustain a strong cultural identity. This study will look into the cultural factors that have aided or hindered the reintegration of deportees in their Tongan communities.Using a qualitative approach, this study involved 12 deportees who participated in a sit-down interview. This research used an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA) to ascertain how deportees experienced their transition to Tongan society. The study data was analyzed using IPA, which identified several super-ordinate and many sub-ordinate themes. These themes help to explain how deportees make sense of their transition from the U.S., to Tonga as a deportee. Discussed in this research are the experiences of deportees which are both shared and personal experiences

Family Roots: Sustenance for Samoan and Tongan American Elders

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Assessing the current state of juvenile probation practice: A statutory analysis

The 2002 Desktop Guide to Good Juvenile Probation Practice indicated that a state\u27s juvenile justice system should reflect a “balanced and restorative justice” (BARJ) model. Over a decade has passed since this publication, yet little is known about whether juvenile probation followed the BARJ. This study employed a statutory analysis to examine the differences between the legally prescribed roles of juvenile probation officers and the BARJ model across 50 states and the District of Columbia. Results indicated that even with significant reforms and statutory changes overtime, juvenile probation practices still fall short of meeting the basic tenets of restorative justice