A Comparison of Probation Officers and Volunteers

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Citeable URL: https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/vt150k722

Abstract

The study reported herein is a comparison of the effectiveness of probation officers and volunteer adults as counselors of juveniles on probation. The study population consists of 80 male juveniles. Forty juveniles counseled by volunteers were precision matched with 40 probationers counseled by probation officers. Subjects were matched in pairs on the basis of sex, age, socioeconomicstatus, offense history, ethnicity, and length of time in the study. An attempt is made to account theoretically for the effects of the two methods of counseling on the attitudes and behavior of the juveniles understudy. The theoretical framework used was derived from the notions of George C. Homans.

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