Comment
| Published date | 01 June 1966 |
| Date | 01 June 1966 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455056601200201 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
PROBATION
Vol
12
No
2
July
1966
Journal
of
the
National
Association
of
Probation
Officers
COMMENT
New
Legislation
.
Ir
is
QUITE
obvious
from
a
recent
press
interview
given
by
the
Secretary
of
State
and
from
inspired
leakages
that
a
major
new
Criminal
Justice
Bill
may
be
expected
in
the
autumn.
All
concerned
will
be
anxious
to
know
what
it
will
include.
The
proposals
for
the
introduction
of
a
system
of
early
conditional
release
on
licence
for
long
term
offenders
have
found
general
favour
and
will
we
hope
be
included
in
the
new
bill
but
there
must
be
no
undue
haste
about
their
introduction.
A
provision
for
a
scheme
to
be
introduced
by
statutory
instrument
would
allow
for
phasing
to
bring
the
plan
into
operation
only
when
the
probation
service
has
the
manpower
to
deal
with
it.
It
could
start
by
applying
only
to
men
serving
five
years
or
more
and
be
brought
more
fully
into
operation
by
degrees.
The
proposals
in
the
White
Paper
about
young
offenders
have
not
found
such
general
support
and
we
shall
wait
with
interest
for the
revelation
of
the
extent
to
which
these,
too,
find
their
place
in
the
proposed
legislation.
We
have
expressed
our
feelings
strongly
in
favour
of
the
retention
of
the
juvenile
court;
we
have
been
seriously
misinterpreted
by
cabinet
ministers
and
lesser
mortals
for
our
opposition
to
family
councils
and
we
can
only
regret
that
they
find
it
necessary
to
ascribe
ulterior
motives
to
our
objections.
Fortunately,
and
not
surprisingly,
we
are
by
no
means
alone
in
this
matter
and
we
still
hope
the
Government
will
have
second
thoughts
about
introducing
these
proposals
in
the
coming
Bill.
Otherwise
the
discussion
about
them
will
be
on
party
lines
rather
than
on
prin-
ciples,
and
that
will
be
a
pity.
The
proposed
bill
is
just
the
type
of
legislation
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