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1 results foundAuthor: Hughes, Diane K. Title: A Comparison of Paterson Juveniles Under Probation Supervision Before and After Implementation of the Paterson Juvenile Justice Village Initiative. Are Probation/Police Collaborations Effective Models for Probation Supervision? Summary: New Jersey Superior Courts have been unified for a number of years, but state assumption of funding didn’t occur until 1995. Funding for the courts previously rested with each county, resulting in significant disparities between counties. The focus for the first few years after the state assumed funding for all superior courts throughout the 15 vincinages was on budget issues such as attaining equitable resource allocation; standardization of purchasing; uniform job titles; and equalization of pay. The Administrative Office of the Courts has recently begun to look toward standardization of practices throughout the state. Probation, as a division of the superior court, has been exploring options to improve efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. The Conference of Chief Probation Officers has been looking at operations and activities in the vicinages to identify those that are “best practices” which may be implemented statewide. Probation services in New Jersey are not alone in seeking ways to reinvent themselves. Probation throughout the country has been grappling with the notion of reinventing itself to best serve the court, the offender and the community. This paper will focus on the movement of probation toward collaborations with police and explore specifically the Paterson Juvenile Justice Village Initiative. Collaborations between probation and police are proliferating at a fast pace. It may be that such collaborations are, in fact, a “best practice”. There are, however, some issues and concerns, which will be addressed. This paper will look briefly at probation’s past and focus on some of the more recent efforts of probation to view work differently. A review of literature relevant to the collaborative approach will be discussed. Almost all such approaches are patterned after a collaboration between probation and police in Boston, Massachusetts known as Operation Night Light. The Paterson Juvenile Justice Village Initiative is also based on the Boston partnership. In fact, staff from Boston and Paterson spent time with each other both in Paterson and in Boston. A description of juvenile probation practices in the Passaic Vicinage is offered as well as a full description of the Paterson Village Initiative field activities and approach. Problems and issues arising from collaborations between court administered probation divisions and law enforcement are discussed. The methodology section will enumerate what was evaluated; explain how data was collected and discuss the problems of gathering data by utilizing cumbersome mainframe systems and conducting surveys. The collected data will be presented and an analysis will follow. This writer’s conclusions will be presented as well as a discussion of the need for future research. Details: Denver, CO: Institute for Court Management, Court Executive Development Program, 2000. 87p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 8, 2011 at: http://contentdm.ncsconline.org/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/famct&CISOPTR=81 Year: 2000 Country: United States URL: http://contentdm.ncsconline.org/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/famct&CISOPTR=81 Shelf Number: 233426 Keywords: CollaborationJuvenile Offenders (New Jersey)Juvenile Probation |