CJS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Bernard Madoff, Collet, Dual Mandate
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Conditional release into the community (avoids incarceration) Submitting to drug tests, obeying curfews, and staying away from certain people or parts of town: must adhere to these standards and if you violate these you will most likely end up locked up. About 4. 2 million offenders currently on probation: by using probation we are avoiding prison or jail sentence. Probation officers can be thought of as police officers and social workers. Supervise clients (offenders) to keep them out of trouble and enforce the conditions of the sentence. Help clients obtain housing, employment, and treatment services: dual mandate as probation officer: (kft, thought of as law enforcement officers, also thought of as social worker. Finding their client stable housing opportunities, jobs, etc. In the 1930s, the national probation association recommended a 50-unit caseload. In 1967 the president"s commission on law enforcement reduced it to a 35-unit caseload. One officer today could have 300 cases but usually it is 150 cases.
