CRITERIA FOR THE PROBATION OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE JUVENILE COURT JUDGE (FROM PROBATION AND PAROLE - SELECTED READINGS, 1970, JOHN WILEY & SONS - SEE NCJ-03284)

• NCJ Number: 3451
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1963) Pages: 262-275
• Author(s): Y COHN
• Date Published: 1963
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF 175 PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORTS TO ISOLATE THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCED THE PROBATION OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION.

Abstract

THE STUDY ANALYZES THE BROAD BACKGROUND INFORMATION PRESENTED BY THE PROBATION OFFICER IN HIS PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT, WITH CONCENTRATION ON THE FOUR MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS HE MAY MAKE - PROBATION, INSTITUTIONALIZATION, PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION, OR DISCHARGE. AMONG THE FACTORS STUDIED WERE AGE, SEX, RACE, SERIOUSNESS OF DELINQUENT ACT, AND PERSONALITY DIFFICULTIES. PAROLE, SELECTED READING (NCJ-003284)