Discretionary decision making by Probation and Parole officers: The role of extralegal variables as predictors of responses to technical violations

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 424-441

  Kerbs, John J ^a   Jones, Mark ^a   Jolley, Jennifer M ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Discretion; Parole; Probation; Violations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350527025     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986209344556     Document Type: Article

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