Date of Submission

12-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Community Psychology

Department

Psychology

Advisor

W. Amory Carr, Ph.D.

Keywords

Interpersonal Issues, Probation, Parole, Community Supervision Violations, Attitudes

LCSH

Interpersonal relations and culture, Probation, Parole, Contempt (Attitude)

Abstract

Across the United States, thousands of individuals are released from prisons and put onto probation and parole yearly. Once on probation, many of these individuals struggle with complying with rules and regulations associated with community supervision. The current study explores the potential role of interpersonal problems with community supervisions compliance and attitudes by focusing on a sample of N = 33 probationers of the Connecticut Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division (CSSD) in New Haven County within Connecticut. Data analysis was conducted using correlational analyses to explore if there was a relationship between interpersonal problems including Domineering/Controlling, Vindictive/Self-Centered, and Intrusive/Needy and community supervision violations and poor attitudes associated with community supervision. Results indicate that none of the measured interpersonal problems examined were significantly related to community supervision violations and poor attitudes towards community supervision (p > .05). These results were consistent across the three domains of interpersonal problems of agency researched in this study: Domineering/Controlling, Intrusive/Needy, and Vindictive/Self-Centered. Though these results were not anticipated, psychological resources for probationers can still reduce the criminal risk (Longmate et al., 2021; Manchak et al., 2014).

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