Intermediate Sanctions in Probation Officers' Sentencing Recommendations: Consistency, Net Widening, and Net Repairing Export

@article{citeulike:6080269, abstract = {To explore the role of intermediate sanctions in probation officers' sentencing recommendations, 30 actual felony cases were selected. These cases were then randomly assigned to 10 probation officers who were experienced in writing pre-sentence investigations. Each officer reviewed a total of 9 cases; this gave a total of 90 ratings, with each case rated by three probation officers. Each officer expressed his or her preference for either a standard prison term, regular probation, or one of three intermediate sanctions: boot camp, intensive probation, and a split sentence (60 days jail followed by probation). Data showed that probation officers were in substantial agreement in their recommendations for a given case, but there were consistent differences among the probation officers, with some showing a consistent tendency toward leniency and others toward severity. The intermediate sanctions were used consistently, in that they were seen as less severe than a prison term and more severe than standard probation. In 61 of the 90 ratings, an intermediate sanction was the first choice of the rater. In 44 of these cases, the next choice was standard probation, suggesting that the intermediate sanction served a net widening (or net repairing) function; in 17 cases the next choice was prison, suggesting that the intermediate sanction served to divert from (standard) incarceration. 10.1177/0032885509349564}, author = {Homant, Robert J. and DeMercurio, Mark A.}, citeulike-article-id = {6080269}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885509349564}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://tpj.sagepub.com/content/89/4/426.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://tpj.sagepub.com/content/89/4/426.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0032885509349564}, journal = {The Prison Journal}, keywords = {consistency, in, officers, probation, proposals}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {426--439}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 09:35:54}, priority = {3}, title = {Intermediate Sanctions in Probation Officers' Sentencing Recommendations: Consistency, Net Widening, and Net Repairing}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885509349564}, volume = {89}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6080269 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6080269 N2 - To explore the role of intermediate sanctions in probation officers' sentencing recommendations, 30 actual felony cases were selected. These cases were then randomly assigned to 10 probation officers who were experienced in writing pre-sentence investigations. Each officer reviewed a total of 9 cases; this gave a total of 90 ratings, with each case rated by three probation officers. Each officer expressed his or her preference for either a standard prison term, regular probation, or one of three intermediate sanctions: boot camp, intensive probation, and a split sentence (60 days jail followed by probation). Data showed that probation officers were in substantial agreement in their recommendations for a given case, but there were consistent differences among the probation officers, with some showing a consistent tendency toward leniency and others toward severity. The intermediate sanctions were used consistently, in that they were seen as less severe than a prison term and more severe than standard probation. In 61 of the 90 ratings, an intermediate sanction was the first choice of the rater. In 44 of these cases, the next choice was standard probation, suggesting that the intermediate sanction served a net widening (or net repairing) function; in 17 cases the next choice was prison, suggesting that the intermediate sanction served to divert from (standard) incarceration. 10.1177/0032885509349564 IS - 4 JF - The Prison Journal EP - 439 TI - Intermediate Sanctions in Probation Officers' Sentencing Recommendations: Consistency, Net Widening, and Net Repairing VL - 89 SP - 426 KW - consistency KW - in KW - officers KW - probation KW - proposals AU - Homant, Robert AU - DeMercurio, Mark PY - 2009/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885509349564 ER -