ABSTRACT
Pavalko (1971, 18-26) stated that there are several factors that characterize professional occupations and distinguish them from other forms of work. These characteristics include that the profession is based on a systematic body of theory and abstract knowledge, the work is related to the realization of basic social values, and that a considerable amount of education and training is required to enter the profession. The training is ideational, symbolic, and specialized; those who enter the profession are motivated by a primary emphasis on service to clients and the public. Professional work requires that one has a considerable amount of autonomy; there is freedom to regulate
Introduction: Professional Defined .................................................................. 247 Justice Personnel as Professionals .................................................................... 248 Social Service Professionals in the Justice System ......................................... 250 Police-Social Services Collaboration............................................................... 250 Collaboration of Justice Agencies and Victim Services Programs ............... 253 Victim Services Provided .................................................................................. 254 Shelters for Victims of Crime............................................................................ 262 The Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties ................ 263 Police Agencies in the Schools .......................................................................... 263 Alternative Education Schools .......................................................................... 265 Psychologists Working in Criminal Justice Agencies .................................... 265 Criminal Investigator ......................................................................................... 273 Professionals in Corrections ............................................................................. 280 Professional Input of Law Professors and Private Attorneys in Sentencing, Inmate Rights, and Wrongful Convictions ................................ 283 Summary ............................................................................................................. 288 References ............................................................................................................ 289
one’s own work behavior. Members of a profession have a common identity and a sense of community; and members of a profession adhere to a code of ethics that reinforces the concept of service and emphasizes the primary concern for the welfare of the client.
