"It's Technical": Exploring the Determinents to Technical Probation Revocations Among Felony Probationers
Within the United States, probation has customarily been used as a way to divert offenders away from prison. Over the past two decades the number of offenders who are sentenced to probation has increased tremendously. While there have been more offenders sentenced to probation, there has also been a...
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ndltd-unt.edu-info-ark-67531-metadc679762017-03-17T08:39:26Z "It's Technical": Exploring the Determinents to Technical Probation Revocations Among Felony Probationers Dixon, Ashford Leon Technical probation revocation Within the United States, probation has customarily been used as a way to divert offenders away from prison. Over the past two decades the number of offenders who are sentenced to probation has increased tremendously. While there have been more offenders sentenced to probation, there has also been an increase in the number of probationers having that sentence revoked. The most prevalent type of revocation is a technical revocation. Probationers receive technical violations culminating in a revocation when they fail to satisfy the conditions of their probation sentence such as attending rehabilitative programming. The present study adds to the literature on technical revocations by examining characteristics of felony probationers from a large Southern state who were revoked between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009. Findings revealed that female probationers, older probationers, white probationers, and those probationers who had not completed high school were significantly more likely to be revoked for a technical revocation. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research based on these findings are discussed. University of North Texas Blackburn, Ashley Trahan, Adam Trulson, Chad R. 2011-05 Thesis or Dissertation Text https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67976/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc67976 English Public Copyright Dixon, Ashford Leon Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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Within the United States, probation has customarily been used as a way to divert offenders away from prison. Over the past two decades the number of offenders who are sentenced to probation has increased tremendously. While there have been more offenders sentenced to probation, there has also been an increase in the number of probationers having that sentence revoked. The most prevalent type of revocation is a technical revocation. Probationers receive technical violations culminating in a revocation when they fail to satisfy the conditions of their probation sentence such as attending rehabilitative programming. The present study adds to the literature on technical revocations by examining characteristics of felony probationers from a large Southern state who were revoked between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009. Findings revealed that female probationers, older probationers, white probationers, and those probationers who had not completed high school were significantly more likely to be revoked for a technical revocation. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research based on these findings are discussed. |
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"It's Technical": Exploring the Determinents to Technical Probation Revocations Among Felony Probationers |
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"It's Technical": Exploring the Determinents to Technical Probation Revocations Among Felony Probationers |
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"It's Technical": Exploring the Determinents to Technical Probation Revocations Among Felony Probationers |
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"it's technical": exploring the determinents to technical probation revocations among felony probationers |
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