Chan Le Is a Probation Officer Who Is Employed Through

question 41

Multiple Choice

Chan Le is a probation officer who is employed through the state he resides within. Chan Le has an extremely large caseload and oftentimes gets overwhelmed by the requirements of his job. In the middle of the night, Chan Le is called out to respond to one of his new clients, who has been caught shoplifting a small amount of merchandise from a local department store. This client just failed a drug test two days prior to this event.
-Chan Le's client most likely has a(n) ________ rate of recidivism as compared to if he had been incarcerated.

• A) ​increased
• B) ​decreased
• C) ​equal
• D) ​slightly increased

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