Identifier	Thesis 2312
Author	Frankowski, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1980-
Title	The Relationship Between Employment and Completion of Probation
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Resource Type	Text
Abstract	More and more, criminal offenders are being sentenced to a term of probation supervision rather than other forms of punishment. While on probation, offenders often encounter significant difficulties in securing legitimate employment. Prior literature has shown numerous benefits of offender employment, including reductions in criminal behavior and success on probation. The present study utilizes an existing database of inactive Connecticut probation cases to examine the relationship between employment and probation success. Other variables including probationer gender, ethnicity, age, education, legal charges and total Level of Service Inventory --Revised (LSI-R) score were also examined to see if they had any significant relationship to probation success. Data regarding probationer demographics, employment status and probationer outcome was gathered from a total of 291 offenders who were sentenced to a period of probation in 2007. Various categories of employment were analyzed both at the commencement and completion of probation. As hypothesized, the results of the study suggest that a strong relationship exists between employment, especially full-time employment, and success on probation. The most significant findings of the study were that probationers who were employed on a full-time basis were 9.82 times more likely to successfully complete probation in comparison to the remainder of the sample. Additionally, full-time employed probationers were 8.66 times more likely to successfully complete probation in comparison to probationers who were employed, but not on a full-time basis. The results also indicated that the LSI-R was validated as an accurate probationer risk assessment, White probationers had higher rates of probation success than Non-White probationers and Hispanic probationers had lower rates of probation success than Non-Hispanic probationers. The findings of this study are significant as they further the understanding of the effect of employment on probation success and may assist in the advancement of Connecticut's Adult probation system.
Notes	"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Science in Criminal Justice."; Thesis advisor: Damon Mitchell.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2013.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-56).
Subject	Probation--Connecticut. Criminals--Employment--Connecticut.
Department	Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Advisor	Mitchell, Damon, 1969-
Software	System requirements: PC and World Wide Web browser.
Language	eng
Date of Publication	2013
OCLC number	855910628
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