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| DOI | 10.1177/026455058303000401 |
| Published date | 01 December 1983 |
| Date | 01 December 1983 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Probation
Journal
Published by the National Association of
Probation Officers
Hon Editor: Nigel Stone
Editorial Advisory Board: Andrew Bridges,
Jenny Kirkpatrick (ex officio), Sue Priestley,
David Reaich, Peter Simpson, Andy Stelman
ISSN 0264-5505
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At least their cuts will operate at all levels of
employment, because the Dutch operate a single
ladder of pay which rises trom the office~umor at
point I to the Prime Minister at point 214, so
allowing a much greater degree ot openness and
comparability But the sting comes w ith the added
burden of taxation imposed on certain sectors who
are deemed to be over-advantageously paid, to
reduce their differentials Probation officers carry
COMMENT some of this stigma, and teachers an even higher
liability Heaven help social work lecturers!
Round the comer, however, lies the more
substantial crisis of national re-orgam sation within
the Dutch probation system, which is, with typical
Continental Drift
Dutch tolerance and flexibility, presently an
Penal developments in Holland have been
accommodation
of a number of pnvate associations
somewhat overworked as an object lesson m
with probation duties fornung at least part of their
rational approaches to crime and as a means of
enterprise. This has the advantage of allowing
getting purchase on our own problems. But
some clients some degree of choice between
involvement m
a recent exchange between English
agencies (and, less happIly. some choice by
and Dutch probation staff proved the continuing
agencies between clients) But w hen added to the
value of North Sea cross-fertihsation, even if we
rather loose management structure within the
are learmng to be more wary m
the conclusions we
associations, the comparatme paucity of job
draw from the Netherlands, where the low pnson
descnptions, and the tendency to VleBB probation
population masks the comparatively high use of
as a function rather than a role. performed by those
unconditional, albeit short,...
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