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- Title
Maricopa Revisited: Findings from a Probationary Offender Study.
- Authors
Berry, Floyd; Piechocki, Gerald
- Abstract
A survey was administered to a non-probabilistic sample of 267 offenders at a large probation office in Texas to assess levels of client satisfaction. Also embedded in the survey, however, were questions to assess fidelity to the principles of evidence-based practices (EBP) for a department that has revamped its service delivery in that direction. The following issues are also addressed in the article: the absence of a sampling frame, the use of a "check-all-that-apply" checklist, and the related, unidimensional nature of certain binary variables. The findings regarding client satisfaction are comparable to a previous study, but the embedded instrument lends itself to an aspect of program evaluation.
- Subjects
TEXAS; MARICOPA County (Ariz.); ARIZONA; CRIMINALS; CLIENT satisfaction; PROBATION departments; PROBATION officers
- Publication
Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 3, p325
- ISSN
1939-442X
- Publication type
Article