Probation offices are organizational units that provide the structure necessary to develop shared meaning systems that influence individual level attitudes, values, and beliefs. We analyze survey responses (n = 252) from county-level probation departments (n = 19) in a single state. The dependent variables are three-factor scales combining items to measure enforcement, reentry, and protection scales. Our central goal is to determine if the authoritarian (i.e. law enforcement) and assistance (i.e. social worker) typologies predict supervision goals. The robust regression analyses show that department (e.g. caseload size, number of officers) and county-level measures of poverty and percent black in the population are significant factors for enforcement and reentry. The article concludes with policy implications.

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探索具有个人、组织和社会特征的缓刑官风格和目标

缓刑办公室是组织单位，提供必要的结构来发展影响个人层面态度、价值观和信仰的共享意义系统。我们分析了单个州县级缓刑部门（n = 19）的调查回复（n = 252）。因变量是三因子量表，结合了衡量执法、再入和保护量表的项目。我们的中心目标是确定专制（即执法）和援助（即社会工作者）类型是否预测监督目标。稳健的回归分析表明，部门（例如案件数量、官员人数）和县级贫困和人口中的黑人百分比是执法和重新进入的重要因素。文章以政策含义结束。