Research Paper

Probation and parole uses three main concepts or three main models. The three models are the control model, the social services model and the combined model. Each one of these models is based on different concepts and how probation and parole should be handled. Not only is there three models in probation and parole, but there is also three roles included in these models. There is the law enforcement role, the treatment role, and the blend role. Each of these roles plays a part in a certain model.
The first model of probation and parole is the control model. The control model is where the officers focuses closely on the control of their probationer or parolee. In the control model the officer can do drug tests to check and see if their client is using. Officer can also perform unannounced visit to the client’s place of business or home. In the control model the officers have strong ties with law enforcement and the agencies. Convicted criminals compliance combined with supervision is what the control model focuses on. The control model also focuses on monitoring the convicted criminals to see what if they are doing what they are supposed to and to make sure there are no violations. According to a Public Safety Research Institute report. "Joint probationer surveillance programs generally involve establishing two- or three-person police and probation officer teams to identify active probationers who may not have been complying with court-imposed conditions.” Probation officers are responsible for court requirements and making sure their clients do not violate their probation or parole, while police officers have a responsibility of dealing with issues of safety. An example is a probation or parole officer goes to their client’s home and search the home making sure they are doing what they are supposed to do and not violating their probation or parole. Another example is a probation officer makes their client perform drug tests on certain days and makes sure they