The document discusses probation supervision and presentence investigation reports. It covers the purpose and contents of presentence investigation reports, which are used for sentencing and risk management. It also discusses evidence-based supervision techniques for probation officers, specialized supervision programs, and whether probation is effective in reducing criminality. It concludes by examining the different ways probation can end and potential changes to probation in the future.

1. Corrections in the Community

2. Probation Supervision

3. Investigation Presentence Investigation (PSI) Supervision Three steps Establish relationship, define roles Establish supervision goals Termination

4. PSI Purpose Sentencing Rehabilitation Risk management Plea bargaining

5. PSI Contents Valid Reliable Victim impact statement

6. PSI Recommendations Controversial Agreement with actual sentence Plea-bargaining

7. PSI Disclosure In many states defendants do not receive a copy Cleansing Confidential comments Clinical statements

8. PSI Private PSIs Client-specific planning Controversial Better job? Liability?

9. The Officer Conflict Motivational interviewing The Offender Response Perception

10. The Bureaucracy Standard conditions Punitive conditions Treatment conditions

11. Recidivism Case Management Systems Statistical risk assessment Systematic needs assessment Contact supervision standards Case planning Workload accounting

12. Evidence-Based Supervision Evidence-based practice Risk principle Supervision principle Treatment principle Referral principle

13. Evidence-Based Supervision

14. Specialized Supervision Programs Sex offenders Drug offenders Mentally ill offenders Techniques for drug surveillance and treatment Urinalysis Antabuse Methadone

15. Performance-Based Supervision Focus on results Public safety Broken windows probation

16. Is Probation Effective Regardless? Comparison of probation strategies reveal little differences What if methods matter little but probation works? Recent study Reduction in criminality following probation sentence

17. Probation Status Ends in One of Two Ways Successful completion Revocation Technical violation

19. Three Stages of Revocation Preliminary hearing Hearing Sentencing

20. Dramatic changes Growing caseloads Two types of probation in the future Probation officer as referral agent Highly trained professional closely watching offenders

21. Dramatic changes Evaluation by “performance indicators” Community service projects performed by probationers Probation fees and restitution collected Days free of drug use Employment rates Taxes paid