The department is currently managing and collecting on accounts with outstanding financial obligations for court ordered fines, fees and victim restitution. We receive and process payments and manage the disbursement of the funds to various State, County and local agencies as well as to victims of crime. Collection Officers are...

Basis of Budgeting The County's budget and its accounting system are based on the modified accrual system. The fiscal year begins on July 1. Revenues are budgeted as they are expected to be received or as they are applicable to the fiscal year. Consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, revenues...

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Note: This is a composite of the background section and original appendix from The "8% Problem": Chronic Juvenile Offender Recidivism (Kurz and Moore, 1994) which describes the research methodology used to examine juvenile offender recidivism in Orange County. Background Over the decade of the 1980s, the County of Orange became...

The Context for Orange County's 8% Solution The 8% Problem studies not only affected how the Orange County Probation Department handled the supervision of 8%-risk youth, but profoundly changed the department's entire approach to juvenile offender supervision. The Probation Department has established a "model continuum" of juvenile justice services, using...

Your community needs you! Join the team! Volunteer in Making the Community a Safer Place The Volunteer Probation Officer (VPO) Program offers a unique opportunity to be part of the exciting and challenging field of criminal justice. VPOs are enabled to perform duties similar to those of the department's Deputy...

Table 1. Program Separations as of December 31, 2000 Separation Status Treatment Comparison Terminated from probation/ Relieved of supervision (ROS) Successful termination / ROS 19 27 Moved to another location/placement 12 5 Returned to probation 2 9 Sub-total 33 41 Moved out of the area 7 9 Transferred to another...