Stoneleigh Foundation, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Behav Sci Law. 2021 Feb;39(1):6-25. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2497. Epub 2021 Feb 8.
Many jurisdictions are currently transforming their juvenile probation systems to reflect research-informed, developmentally based case management approaches. Training, developed through a community-based, participatory action research (CBPAR) framework and guided by a community-academic partnership, may promote probation staff's readiness for such change. This paper examined whether such training could serve as an effective method to impact organizational culture by exploring shifts in probation staff's knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about graduated response - a structured juvenile probation case management system that aligns with research on adolescent development and youth behavior change. Data came from 559 juvenile probation staff trained in graduated response theory and practice between 2016 and 2019. Results demonstrated that at the end of a 1-day, CBPAR-grounded training program, participating staff reported significantly more buy-in to graduated response, greater knowledge of this new system, and attitudes more strongly in favor of graduated response and intended behaviors. Study findings revealed important shifts indicative of readiness for change within juvenile probation departments. Additional implementation strategies are needed to extend training gains and overcome organizational- and system-level barriers to change.
许多司法管辖区目前正在转变其少年缓刑制度，以反映基于研究和基于发展的案件管理方法。通过基于社区的参与式行动研究 (CBPAR) 框架开发并由社区-学术伙伴关系指导的培训，可以提高缓刑工作人员对这种变革的准备程度。本文通过探索缓刑工作人员对逐步响应的知识、态度和信念的转变，考察了这种培训是否可以作为一种有效方法来影响组织文化，逐步响应是一种与青少年发展和青少年行为改变研究相一致的结构化少年缓刑案件管理系统。数据来自于 2016 年至 2019 年间接受逐步响应理论和实践培训的 559 名少年缓刑工作人员。结果表明，在为期一天的 CBPAR 为基础的培训计划结束时，参与培训的工作人员表示对逐步响应的认可度显著提高，对这一新系统的了解也更多，并且更倾向于逐步响应，并打算采取相应的行为。研究结果显示出少年缓刑部门准备变革的重要转变。需要进一步实施策略，以扩大培训成果并克服组织和系统层面的变革障碍。
