Comment
| DOI | 10.1177/026455056501100301 |
| Published date | 01 September 1965 |
| Date | 01 September 1965 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
PRO BA TI 0 NVO’II
I No 3
November
1965
Journal
of
the
National
Association
of
Probation
Officers
COMMENT
The
White
Paper
r
THE
CHIEF
TOPIC
for
&dquo;Comment&dquo;
must
obviously
be
the
proposals
published
by
the
Government
for
the
treatment
of
young
offenders
but
we
cannot
editorially
add
anything
useful
to
the
oflicial
statement
made
by
the
Association
in
response
to
the
Government’s
request
for
observations
on
the
White
Paper.
We
therefore
reproduce
this
immediately
after
this
Comment
(see
page
83).
Meantime
the
Conservatives
promise
the
strengthening
of
the
police
force
to
make
it
more
effective,
and
offer
us
a
policy
of
toughness
combined
with
humanity,
the
closing
of
obsolete
prisons,
the
reduction
of
&dquo;largely
ineffectual
short
sentences&dquo;
and
the
provision
for
the
Courts
of
adequate
means
for
the
treatment
of
offenders.
It
all
sounds
very
familiar.
Prison
Welfare
IF,
AS
MAY BE
the
case
if
the
White
Paper
is
implemented,
the
probation
service
is
to
lose
its
work
in
connection
with
the
juvenile
courts,
there
will
be
no
shortage
of
alternative
duties
within
the
service.
The
growing
demands
for
social
enquiry
reports
and
for
after-care
for
prisoners
and
attention
to
the
needs
of
their
families,
will
soon
be
followed
by
the
integration
of
the
prison
welfare
service
with
the
probation
service.
This
is
a
step
advocated
(almost
as
a
lone
voice)
by
N.A.P.O.
in
its
evidence
to
the
Morison
Committee
and
to
the
Home
Secretary’s
Advisory
Council.
The
step
is
a
logical
one
in
the
development
of
adequate
after-care
and
of
course
the
total
manpower
involved
will
not
change
immediately,
and
we
shall
welcome
the
existing
prison
welfare
officers
into
the
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