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Black youth
He’s nice. He talks to you about your problems if you have any.
She thinks I’m honest with her. I can tell her anything. I trust her a lot.
She does a good job.
I feel he’s like my friend.
He’s a good person. He’s nice. He listens to what you gotta say. He
understands stuff.
Hispanic youth
I like him. I think that he does a real good job.
He did a good job for me. I wanted to come home. I like
it. He’s really helpful. If I have a problem, I can talk to him. And if I’m
stuck or something, he 11 try to do everything he can to help me.
For one thing, I respect her. I think they’re just doing their job.
Native American youth
He is doing a good job.
Yes, he does a good job. He’s still going with what I need. Every time I
come down here he’s got something new
- it might be good advice or bad advice. Most likely it’s good advice,
something that can give me guidance.
I think he’s alright. I think he’s fair.
The idea of becoming a probation officer does not seem to appeal to the youth of
Woodbury county. The self reports indicate that 74 percent of the whites and 94 percent
of the blacks would never become a probation officer. Eighteen percent of the whites said
they would sometimes be a probation officer and 13 percent of the whites said they
would like to be a probation officer. Only 6 percent of the blacks said sometimes while 0
percent said they would like to be a probation officer (Tables 5, 6).
The interviews also support the above ideas. When asked in the interview,
“Would you like to be a P0”, the answer was “No.” There were not any quotes to really