DECISION MAKING AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER

• NCJ Number: 16671
• Journal: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1974) Pages: 373-392
• Author(s): G BROUSSEAU; M LEBLANC
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: Canadian Criminal Justice Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: French
• Country: Canada

Annotation

THIS RESEARCH DESIGN EMPLOYED HYPOTHETICAL DECISION MAKING SITUATIONS INVOLVING JUVENILES AND PROBATION OFFICERS, WITH VARYING QUANTITIES AND TYPES OF INFORMATION.

Abstract

THE ISSUES THIS STUDY IS CONCERNED WITH ARE THE NATURE, TYPE, AND QUANTITY OF INFORMATION USED BY JUVENILES PROBATION OFFICERS IN THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE CONCERNING JUVENILES. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT, FIRST, THERE WAS A LACK OF CONSENSUS ABOUT WHICH DECISION TO MAKE, AND, SECONDLY, THAT MANY TYPES OF STRATEGY WERE EMPLOYED IN REACHING DECISIONS. --IN FRENCH --SUMMARY IN ENGLISH