Book Reviews
| Date | 01 December 1976 |
| Published date | 01 December 1976 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057602300409 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
oi an evem, too, since m nans ncvci
been the policy of the CPO to issue
BOOK REVIEWS
annual reports. During recent times,
Inner London has led them way in
pioneering. new and imaginative pro-
Report on the Work of the Probation
jects ; this well produced booklet
and After-Care Department, 1972-
describes most of these and sum-
1975
maries the results to date. It also
Home Office Cmnd. 6590
explores new approaches to old
HMSO,
situations which
£1.20
are being currently
adopted by some Inner London
ILPAS ’76
ofhcers-for example, &dquo;rethinking&dquo; the
A
Report to commemorate the centen-
waiting room by co-ordinating report-
ary of probation in London
ing evenings.
Inner London PAS, £1.25
Both of these booklets are indispen-
Why is it that this official report on
sible reading for probation officers
the work of the Probation and After-
and others who want to know what is
Care Service appears only after an
really happening in the Service. If
interval of four years, when reports
only publishing costs could enable
on the Prison Department and on
them to be sold at half the price!
Parole are published yearly? The
JBC
question is worth asking because, as
the introduction states, this latest
Values in Social Work
period following the passing of the
Central Council for Education and
Criminal Justice Act, 1972, has been
Training in Social Work
one of the most significant in the
Paper 13—A Working Party Discus-
history of the Service, involving a
sion Paper
marked enlargement of its scope. In
CCETSW, £ 1.50
consequence, a great deal of material
This important discussion paper was
covering a very wide spectrum, has
written primarily for teachers of
had to be compressed into a mere 57
social work, but will also prove inval-
pages (excluding appendices).
uable to all who are concerned with
In view of this, it is hardly surpris-
the ethical and philosophical founda-
ing that many matters are dealt with
tions of modern social work. The Cen-
briefly-even cursorily-and some are
tral Council assembled a working
omitted altogether. Perhaps the most
party from an assorted variety of
serious of these gaps is the failure to
backgrounds, and the resulting paper
mention the House of Commons
is a stimulating reflection of their dis-
Expenditure Committee on the Pro-
cussions. It begins with a somewhat
bation and After-Care Service which
over-ambitious attempt to define what
reported (favourably) in 1973.
is meant by &dquo;values&dquo;, and proceeds
However, the reorganisation of pro-
more usefully to contrast varying
bation areas following the Local
views of human nature-Christian,
Government Act, 1972, is recorded. It
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