Creating a Supervision Tool Kit: How to Improve Probation and Parole.

PROBATION officers; PAROLE officers; CRIMINALS; PROBATION supervision; OCCUPATIONAL roles

The article discusses the authors' insight on the creation of a supervision tool kit to improve probation and parole among offenders in the U.S. They examine an approach which has shown to be ineffective at reducing recidism and should be removed from any best practices tool kit. The authors also describe the occupational role of a probation and parole officer.