School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
School of Criminology.
Law Hum Behav. 2020 Dec;44(6):461-473. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000428.
Based on guiding principles such as , juvenile probation officers (JPOs) not only supervise youth, but in certain jurisdictions they also decide how control-oriented their conditions will be. JPOs' perceptions of parenting could be related to their decision making. This study examined: (a) whether JPOs' perceptions of the home were associated with the conditions they placed on youth; (b) if JPOs' perceptions of the home aligned with the youths' perceptions; and (c) if JPOs' control-oriented conditions were associated with changes in parenting practices.
(H1) JPOs' perceptions of the home should be positively related to youths' perceptions of parenting practices. (H2) JPOs' perceptions of the home should be positively associated with the conditions imposed. (H3) JPOs' control-oriented conditions may be positively associated with increased parental supervision, yet they may also be associated with lessened parental supervision.
The sample consisted of 265 male youth (mean age = 15.41; 76.6% Latino, 19.25% White, 0.75% Black) who were arrested for the first time and placed on supervised diversion.
Latent class analyses indicated that there were three supervision conditions classes: standard, moderate, and high control. JPOs' perceptions of the home did not align with youths' perceptions of parenting practices (e.g., rule setting, curfew setting, and monitoring) yet they were the strongest predictor of receiving the most control-oriented conditions. Surprisingly, parental rule setting, curfew setting, and monitoring declined once youth were placed under supervision, and declines did not differ based on how control-oriented their official conditions were.
Parents are thought to be vital in justice-involved youths' success. Yet within this sample, officers' perceptions of the family did not align with youths' perceptions. Further, parental supervision declined equally regardless of how control-oriented youths' supervision conditions were. Parents must be better integrated into the process to enhance the success of youth on community supervision. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
基于指导原则，少年缓刑监督官（JPO）不仅监督青年，而且在某些司法管辖区，他们还决定其监管条件的控制程度。JPO 对养育子女的看法可能与其决策有关。本研究考察了：（a）JPO 对家庭的看法是否与他们对青年施加的条件有关；（b）如果 JPO 对家庭的看法与青年的看法一致；以及（c）JPO 的控制导向条件是否与养育实践的变化有关。
（H1）JPO 对家庭的看法应与青年对养育实践的看法呈正相关。（H2）JPO 对家庭的看法应与施加的条件呈正相关。（H3）JPO 的控制导向条件可能与增加父母监督呈正相关，但也可能与减少父母监督有关。
该样本由 265 名首次被捕并接受监督转移的男性青年组成（平均年龄=15.41；76.6%拉丁裔，19.25%白种人，0.75%黑人）。
潜在类别分析表明，存在三种监督条件类别：标准、中等和高度控制。JPO 对家庭的看法与青年对养育实践的看法不一致（例如，规则制定、宵禁设定和监控），但却是接受最具控制导向条件的最强预测因素。令人惊讶的是，一旦青年受到监督，父母的规则制定、宵禁设定和监控就会下降，而且下降幅度与他们的官方条件的控制程度无关。
人们认为父母在参与司法的青年的成功中至关重要。然而，在这个样本中，官员对家庭的看法与青年的看法不一致。此外，无论青年的监管条件多么具有导向性，父母的监督都会同等下降。必须更好地将父母纳入这一过程，以提高青年在社区监管下的成功。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2021 APA，保留所有权利）。
