In an attempt to assess the influence of demographic, employment, prior criminal history, probation sentence and probation adjustment variables on probation outcome, this study investigated probation terminations of 266 felony adult probationers whose cases had been terminated between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1989 by completion of probation, revocation, or absconding. Probation outcome, the dependent variable was measured as success or failure. / Hypotheses, predicting significant relationships between key variables including race, sex, prior criminal history, marital status and employment status, were tested for statistical significance and strength. Chi-Square was used to determine the statistical significance; lambda and tau-b were used to show the strength of the relationships. All of the predicted relationships were in the right direction; with the exception of variables race and age, all of the relationships were statistically significant. / Small correlation coefficients indicated weak relationships between the dependent variable and the independent variables. / In the multivariate analysis, logit regression was used to determine the "best" predictors of probation outcome. Four models were estimated with the first model containing twelve variables. As each model was estimated, statistically insignificant variables were deleted. The final model contained the five variables which were statistically significant and cited as the "best" predictors of probation outcome. These variables included sex, work status, marital status, prior felonies, and conviction offense. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-03, Section: A, page: 1085. / Major Professor: Gordon Waldo. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76332 |
| Contributors | Morgan, Kathryn Diane., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 186 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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