Journal article
Shifting probation culture and advancing juvenile probation reform through a community-based, participatory action research-informed training
Behavioral sciences & the law, v 39(1)
Feb 2021
PMID: 33666287
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Abstract
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.
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- Title
- Shifting probation culture and advancing juvenile probation reform through a community-based, participatory action research-informed training
- Creators
- Leah Brogan - Drexel UniversityJeanne McPhee - Drexel UniversityElizabeth Gale-Bentz - Texas Juvenile Probation CommissionBrittany Rudd - University of Illinois at ChicagoNaomi Goldstein - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Behavioral sciences & the law, v 39(1)
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Grant note
- Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Pennsylvania Council of Chief Juvenile Probation Officers and Juvenile Court Judges' Commission Stoneleigh Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000615931700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85100569912
- Other Identifier
- 991019168171004721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Law
- Psychology, Applied