Epperson Matthew W, Canada Kelli, Thompson Julian, Lurigio Arthur
School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
School of Social Work, University of Missouri, 706 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65211-4470, USA.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2014 Sep-Oct;37(5):473-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2014.02.020. Epub 2014 Mar 26.
Specialized probation programs were developed to more effectively address the unique needs of probationers with serious mental illnesses. Probation officers are tasked with serving both law enforcement and rehabilitative functions, and officers play an important gatekeeper function in helping probationers with serious mental illnesses avoid long incarceration sentences. The purpose of this paper was to explore specialized and standard probation officers' work in supervising probationers with serious mental illnesses. Twenty-one probation officers (11 specialized and 10 standard) participated in semi-structured interviews. Qualitative analyses examined: 1 - beliefs on the relationship between mental illness and crime; 2 - purpose of specialized and standard probation units; and 3 - approaches to supervising probationers with serious mental illnesses. Implications for developing more effective probation supervision programs are discussed.
专门的缓刑计划旨在更有效地满足患有严重精神疾病的缓刑人员的独特需求。缓刑监督官的职责是履行执法和改造职能，在帮助患有严重精神疾病的缓刑人员避免长期监禁判决方面，监督官发挥着重要的把关作用。本文旨在探讨专门的缓刑监督官和标准缓刑监督官在监督患有严重精神疾病的缓刑人员方面的工作。21名缓刑监督官（11名专门的和10名标准的）参与了半结构化访谈。定性分析考察了：1. 对精神疾病与犯罪之间关系的看法；2. 专门缓刑单位和标准缓刑单位的目的；3. 监督患有严重精神疾病的缓刑人员的方法。文中还讨论了制定更有效的缓刑监督计划的意义。
