TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Getting rid of the prima donnas: the bureaucratization of a probation department
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Rosecrance, John
SP  - 138
EP  - 155
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854887014002002
ID  - ref1
ER  -