Probation Officer Thesis
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Thesis: Probation officers face the fact that the profession has become dangerous, as the juveniles are not scared to hurt anyone. The fact that the caseloads of the probation officers has risen is another matter. The probation officer can not request that the caseload halt, as more juveniles are coming aboard to the system.
There are rising Numbers of Juveniles in the Court System
1 Probation Officers are being looked at
1 Juvenile cases up
2 Abuse
Detention Hall in Texas not up to standards
1 Thirty Seven Page report of irregularities
1 Juveniles being separated according to disabilities
2 Dressing of Role Models
3 Rules in English …show more content…
The newspaper article looked at a former colleiate boxing champ, Kevin Eppenger took on a juvenle probation position. The courts and jusdges as well as county officials are concerned over the rise in the juvenile courts in Clark COunty. He stated that “Eight to 10 years ago you could actually be a role model to them, get a burger.” And now, he holds more than 70 juvenile cases, and the casses are thicker than the ones he used tohave. “The number of juveniles probation officers supervise has swelled from an average of 39 per officer in 2003 to 56 in 2007”(Cook, 2008). And today many of the probation officers have more than seventy cases each. There used to be a time when the juvenile that didn’t show up for a meeting was searched for at the arcade or other places. Kevin Eppenger has no time to do that as he is in court, with the juveniles or admitting new juvenile to the probation department. He says it is very hard to build a relationship with the juveniles doing business this way. Jeff Jones is another probation officer that works in Clark County as a probation officer. He says that his case load is near eighty, and he has actually lost count. “I stopped counting,” Jeff Jones said. “If you worry about the numbers, you become ineffective.” There used to be personal meeting with the probation officer and the juvenile, now they have to meet with three or four of the kids at one time. They said they don’t get too personal during the meetings, like they would on a one- to – one. And to see the juveniles outside of the office is a rareity now for the two probation officers. To have two hours with a juvenile each month is saying a lot, and they have only hired two additional probation officers since 2003. “In Washoe County, probation officers average about 50 cases. Officers in Arizona’s two most urban
Thesis: Probation officers face the fact that the profession has become dangerous, as the juveniles are not scared to hurt anyone. The fact that the caseloads of the probation officers has risen is another matter. The probation officer can not request that the caseload halt, as more juveniles are coming aboard to the system.
There are rising Numbers of Juveniles in the Court System
1 Probation Officers are being looked at
1 Juvenile cases up
2 Abuse
Detention Hall in Texas not up to standards
1 Thirty Seven Page report of irregularities
1 Juveniles being separated according to disabilities
2 Dressing of Role Models
3 Rules in English …show more content…
The newspaper article looked at a former colleiate boxing champ, Kevin Eppenger took on a juvenle probation position. The courts and jusdges as well as county officials are concerned over the rise in the juvenile courts in Clark COunty. He stated that “Eight to 10 years ago you could actually be a role model to them, get a burger.” And now, he holds more than 70 juvenile cases, and the casses are thicker than the ones he used tohave. “The number of juveniles probation officers supervise has swelled from an average of 39 per officer in 2003 to 56 in 2007”(Cook, 2008). And today many of the probation officers have more than seventy cases each. There used to be a time when the juvenile that didn’t show up for a meeting was searched for at the arcade or other places. Kevin Eppenger has no time to do that as he is in court, with the juveniles or admitting new juvenile to the probation department. He says it is very hard to build a relationship with the juveniles doing business this way. Jeff Jones is another probation officer that works in Clark County as a probation officer. He says that his case load is near eighty, and he has actually lost count. “I stopped counting,” Jeff Jones said. “If you worry about the numbers, you become ineffective.” There used to be personal meeting with the probation officer and the juvenile, now they have to meet with three or four of the kids at one time. They said they don’t get too personal during the meetings, like they would on a one- to – one. And to see the juveniles outside of the office is a rareity now for the two probation officers. To have two hours with a juvenile each month is saying a lot, and they have only hired two additional probation officers since 2003. “In Washoe County, probation officers average about 50 cases. Officers in Arizona’s two most urban