"It's Technical": Exploring the Determinents to Technical Probation Revocations Among Felony Probationers
Description:
Within the United States, probation has customarily been used as a way to divert offenders away from prison. Over the past two decades the number of offenders who are sentenced to probation has increased tremendously. While there have been more offenders sentenced to probation, there has also been an increase in the number of probationers having that sentence revoked. The most prevalent type of revocation is a technical revocation. Probationers receive technical violations culminating in a revo…
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Date:
May 2011
Creator:
Dixon, Ashford Leon
Partner:
UNT Libraries