State Organizational Structures for Delivering Adult Probation Services
Publication year:
1999
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Updating information provided in a 1993 NIC publication, this is the third study of adult probation sponsored by NIC since 1983. Sections include: current state of probation in the United States; changes in state structures for delivering adult probation services since 1993; profile of the delivery structure in each state; and three appendices with selected information from earlier studies.Twenty-six states deliver probation services through an agency within the department of corrections. Twenty-four states have probation agencies responsible for all felony and misdemeanor supervision. Eighteen states rely entirely on funds allocated by state legislatures, with 17 states supported with state funding supplemented by offender fees.
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