Book Reviews : Probation Officers' Manual F. V. Jarvis, MA, DPA Butterworths, £4.80
| DOI | 10.1177/026455057502200214 |
| Date | 01 June 1975 |
| Published date | 01 June 1975 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
viewer’s excuse for the adverse com-
argument put forward is that social
ments made is that he visualises the
work agencies (particularly Local
present production as a useful con-
Authority Social Service Depart-
tribution to the literature, but also
ments,
but
also
the
Probation
as layring the foundations for some-
Service) are increasingly involved with
thing even better.
a section of society that would not
MARK
MONGER
normally be thought of as social work
clients. These are people whose needs
are
rooted in their poverty and
compounded by the systematic way
that other arms of the welfare state
have
Probation Officers’ Manual
stopped servicing them..
The book traces the historical
F. V. Jarvis, MA, DPA
Butterworths, £4.80
development of this situation from
the medieval Poor Law services, and
This is a work of reference that needs
points out the landmarks of the
no introduction to probation officers.
decline. Throughout he pays great
Since the first edition was published
attention to the political influences
in 1969 it has become a necessity for
on social policy decisions-an area
officers to have easy access to it, and
rather underdiscussed by those on our
as the law and administrative pro-
side of the debate. He suggests that
cedures become daily more complex
such things as the restricted avail-
there is an increased need for these
ability of social security offices are a
to be codified.
deliberate attempt to force those in
Because it is a reference book, it
emergency need to go to a social
is difficult to review it in any
worker.
Our profession is then
accepted sense of the word. It is clear
becoming used as a means to regulate
that it is well edited and a reliable
the life of the poor.
source book.
Mr Jordan
The main problem is the Index.
argues that the conse-
For example, if
quence of social work departments
you want to look up
retaining fees for landladies
becoming all-providing agencies dis-
you have
pensing such things as financial aid,...
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