Human Service Model Of Employee Supervision In Criminal Justice Organizations
1. What are some major problems with implementing the ideas of a human service model of employee supervision in criminal justice organizations? How do you think employees would react to such a supervision model?
Some major problems with implementing the ideas of a human service model of employee supervision in criminal justice organizations are: Each employee has different mindset, goals which leads to a lack of consensus in terms of achievements, dissimilar individuals with different interests which give to rise to a never ending competition from within the organization, a feeble link to the external environment, lack of collective goals and shortcoming of the monetary values and the lack of opportunity to advance due to organizational constraints. …show more content…
Generally, the probation officer is supposed to ensure that the offender follows the rules and try to foster positive behavior change. The norms and values associated with this work are: To keep accurate records of the caseload, report to the court, supervise the charges and ensuring that they meeting the terms of probation, meet the offenders, community protection through the supervision of the offenders, accountability for any digression from the court-ordered supervision, facilitation of rehabilitation, and mutual respect. Stojkovic, Kalinich & Klofas (2015), explained “To some, given the large number of offenders supervised by probation and parole agents, it is difficult to expect that anything beyond simple surveillance is the primary goal of these organizations” (p. 222). The sources of these norms and values are; Education, training and the work experience influence them morally and mentally as the job is to constantly supervise and make the an offender who is on probation in conjunction with lieu of incarceration, does not partake in certain types of activities such as drug
Some major problems with implementing the ideas of a human service model of employee supervision in criminal justice organizations are: Each employee has different mindset, goals which leads to a lack of consensus in terms of achievements, dissimilar individuals with different interests which give to rise to a never ending competition from within the organization, a feeble link to the external environment, lack of collective goals and shortcoming of the monetary values and the lack of opportunity to advance due to organizational constraints. …show more content…
Generally, the probation officer is supposed to ensure that the offender follows the rules and try to foster positive behavior change. The norms and values associated with this work are: To keep accurate records of the caseload, report to the court, supervise the charges and ensuring that they meeting the terms of probation, meet the offenders, community protection through the supervision of the offenders, accountability for any digression from the court-ordered supervision, facilitation of rehabilitation, and mutual respect. Stojkovic, Kalinich & Klofas (2015), explained “To some, given the large number of offenders supervised by probation and parole agents, it is difficult to expect that anything beyond simple surveillance is the primary goal of these organizations” (p. 222). The sources of these norms and values are; Education, training and the work experience influence them morally and mentally as the job is to constantly supervise and make the an offender who is on probation in conjunction with lieu of incarceration, does not partake in certain types of activities such as drug