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Evaluation of Law Enforcement and the Court System in Texas: Perspectives of Adult Protective Services Case Managers

The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of Texas Adult Protective Services (APS) case managers (CM) in regard to their relationships with the law enforcement community and area courts. The sample consisted of 138 Texas APS CMs. The survey measured respondents' perceived strengths and weaknesses of their relationships with both the law enforcement community and with area courts. Items also included respondents' interest in receiving additional training and their perceptions of level of job-readiness of newly hired APS CMs. Data were analyzed quantitatively using SAS. Findings of the survey revealed high ratings of perceived teamwork on the part of the CM are associated with high relationship ratings with both area courts and law enforcement. Findings also revealed that high ratings of perceived autonomy on the part of the CM are associated with lower relationship ratings with law enforcement personnel but not with area courts.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc271915
Date05 1900
CreatorsWeaver, Matthew S.
ContributorsSwan, James, Turner, Keith, Ingman, Stan, Karcher, Barbara
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Weaver, Matthew S., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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