Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Does not pass

• Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.6% of the role's time · $472M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.4% of the role's time · $460M

• Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 7.0% of the role's time · $432M

• Write reports describing offenders' progress.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.5% of the role's time · $404M · waiting on a check

• Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.5% of the role's time · $403M

• Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.4% of the role's time · $397M

• Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.3% of the role's time · $393M

• Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.8% of the role's time · $357M

• Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 5.4% of the role's time · $332M

• Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 5.1% of the role's time · $318M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.7% of the role's time · $292M

• Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 4.6% of the role's time · $288M

• Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 4.1% of the role's time · $257M

• Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 3.6% of the role's time · $226M

• Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 3.5% of the role's time · $218M

• Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 3.3% of the role's time · $206M · waiting on a check

• Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 3.3% of the role's time · $205M

• Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 3.2% of the role's time · $199M

• Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences.

  an accountable sign-off — stays with a person · 2.6% of the role's time · $162M

• Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 1.5% of the role's time · $91.2M

• Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 1.4% of the role's time · $89.5M