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<p>Historical shifts and existing empirical research leave unclear the extent to which juveniles on probation may be supervised differently from adults. To assess the divergence between juvenile and adult probation, this study compared probation officers’ preferences for the amount of supervision and justifications for supervision between juvenile and adult clients. Using a hypothetical client vignette, the study also randomly manipulated the client’s offense, compliance with supervision, criminogenic need, and non-criminogenic need to explore the effects of these characteristics on probation officers’ judgments. Findings revealed that probation officers preferred different probation supervision for juveniles versus adults, but these differences were not to the extent or always in a manner that would be predicted by traditional characterizations of the separate legal systems or renewed perceptions that “children are different.”</p>

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Children are Different? Comparing Officers’ Views About Supervising Juvenile and Adult Probation Clients

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年6月14日

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  • Brandon K. Applegate,
  • Riane M. Bolin

摘要

Historical shifts and existing empirical research leave unclear the extent to which juveniles on probation may be supervised differently from adults. To assess the divergence between juvenile and adult probation, this study compared probation officers’ preferences for the amount of supervision and justifications for supervision between juvenile and adult clients. Using a hypothetical client vignette, the study also randomly manipulated the client’s offense, compliance with supervision, criminogenic need, and non-criminogenic need to explore the effects of these characteristics on probation officers’ judgments. Findings revealed that probation officers preferred different probation supervision for juveniles versus adults, but these differences were not to the extent or always in a manner that would be predicted by traditional characterizations of the separate legal systems or renewed perceptions that “children are different.”