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- Posted on 06.16.05
Police officers have told me that they keep arresting the same people over and over again and that this makes their jobs much more difficult.
Are they correct?
The study by Dr. Scott Decker of UMSL/St. Louis will examine what happened to people assigned to felony probation in the City of St. Louis during 2004.
The goal of Dr. Decker’s study is to determine the “outcomes” of probation. These outcomes could include: arrest by the police for a new offense, arrest by the police for a violation of probation, actions taken by the supervising probation officer to change the terms of supervision, warrants filed by the Circuit Attorney’s office, and revocation of probation.
The study is designed to find answers to the following questions:
These answers will help me separate fact from anecdote.
I’ll keep you posted.