Abstract
A questionnaire on eight revocation cases selected from state files revealed some discernible differences in decisions and ra tionalizations among 108 field officers of the North Carolina Probation Department. Lambda and Q measures of cross-tabu lated characteristics of the officers, decisions, and rationalizations showed that values tended to concentrate in cases characterized by a revoking pattern or extenuating circumstances and in case situations where the police or courts were holding the proba tioner or acting upon his violation. Most officers gave officer- oriented or social order reasons for their decisions rather than reasons that were probationer-oriented.
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