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60 Judicature 435 (1976-1977)
New Directions in Misdemeanor Probation

handle is hein.journals/judica60 and id is 437 raw text is: New directions in misdemeanor pro ation by H. Ted Rubin Some probation officers are leaving their traditional counseling role to become brokers of community resources. The rapid pace at which misdemeanor cases are processed does not relax with a plea or finding of guilty. Sentencing in these courts usually occurs a few moments later. The misdemeanant is fined, placed on probation, sent to jail, or released with a jail sentence suspended. The decision between jail and probation is often made by the judge without the help of a probation department presentence investi- gation. In many misdemeanor courts, there is no probation service; in others, probation officers struggle with impossibly heavy case- loads. Misdemeanants form the largest portion of the offender population, but they are the group for whom the fewest and poorest probation services are available. This anom- aly is usually explained on the ground that misdemeanants are not dangerous to the community. But they are a major factor in the national crime problem: they tend to be repeaters; they tend to present significant adjustment problems; in some jurisdictions they are jailed more frequently than felony offenders;1 and they account for a large expenditure of public funds. Clearly, an effective probation program aimed at misde- El Paso probation officers describe the CRMT 1. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and concept at a conference of the National Institute Administration of Justice, THE CHALLENGE OF CRIME of Corrections in Denver. IN A FREE SOCIETY 129 (1967).

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