NCJ Number
238477
Date Published
August 2011
Length
88 pages
Annotation
This report provides time study templates and workload allocation matrices to offer practitioners flexible tools that can be used, and/or adjusted in agencies across the country.
Abstract
Research suggests that developing tools to be used at a national level will stimulate some level of consistency in the type of information reported to policymakers when making funding decisions, as well as offer administrators a realistic model for assigning cases within their agencies. The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) developed this report to provide two tools to assist the community corrections field. One tool is a time study template to assist agencies conducting time studies and the other is a workload matrix to assist administrators make workload allocation decisions. The time study templates include a series of forms that allow agencies to identify the essential tasks within their agencies when conducting time studies. The workload matrices provide agencies with estimated time ranges for essential tasks officers are likely to complete relative to risk levels. These time study templates will help agencies conduct time study analyses and the workload allocation matrices are national estimates that are intended to help administrators making budget decisions and to understand an agency's workload needs. Figures, tables, references, and appendix