What can Megan recommend in this case? What are the potential costs and benefits of each option?
While working as a probation officer for the U.S. District Courts, Megan Romanowski, BSW, was given the task of supervising parolee Robert Sanchez. Robert adjusted well to the community setting—he had a stable job and living situation—and even developed a good working relationship with Megan. But when Robert was involved in another robbery, Megan was forced to make a decision about what to recommend to the judge regarding his sentence.
Megan has several options for recommendations in this case. She can tell the judge what her supervisor wanted her to recommend—that Robert be sent to jail for violating his parole—or she can tell the judge that she thinks Robert has made good progress and recommend that he only be sent to the halfway house. She also has the option of telling the judge about the progress Robert has made and voice her supervisor’s concern that he is a threat to society. Each recommendation has potential costs and benefits. There is the risk that Robert in fact has not been rehabilitated and continues to be a threat to society. She also risks damaging her established relationship with Robert if she recommends sending him back to prison for violating his terms of probation.
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