Citation

Rosecrance J. Crim. Justice Behav. 1987; 14(2): 138-155.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854887014002002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The accommodations of criminal justice personnel to changes in organizational structure is an unresearched phenomenon. Drawing upon qualitative data, I present a historical accounting of how probation officers responded to the bureaucratization of their department. Patterns of accommodation resembled those described by Presthus as (1) upwardly mobile, (2) indifferent, and (3) ambivalent. An analysis of these patterns helps provide an understanding of organizational dynamics prevailing in contemporary agencies. Those officers most suited to a bureaucratic setting dominate today's probation practice.

Language: en