Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity in Probation: Structural Sources and Consequences in West Germany |
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| Authors: | GERHARD J. SPIESS ELMER H. JOHNSON |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law , Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany;2. Southern Illinois University |
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| Abstract: | Role conflict and role ambiguity are particularly prevalent for probation officers in the Federal Republic of Germany because of the absence of an appropriate organizational structure and the dominance of a legalistic perspective as opposed to a philosophy of therapeutic intervention. The implications of this are discussed, and prospects for strengthening probation are considered. |
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