Continued from page 90
| Published date | 01 January 1947 |
| Date | 01 January 1947 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455054700500709 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
93
to
Remand
Homes
or
Prisons
but
that
the
local
authority
should
provide
hostels
for
juvenile
and
adult
cases.
He
felt
very
strongly
that the
statutory
power
of
the
proba-
tion
ofhcer
in
adult
courts
should
be
wider
in
order
that
he
might
be
able
to
give
the
court
as
much
information
as
possible
and
that
the
officer
should
not
be
bounded
by
stereotyped
question-and-answer
forms
or
by
the
whims
of
any
particular
higher
official
in
the
court.
He
felt
that
whilst
some
reports
were
good
and
helpful,
the
matters
often
put
forward
were
contributory
causes
and
that
the
main
reasons
could
only
be
diagnosed
by
specialists
who
should
be
easily
available
to
the
Probation
Service.
In
the
discussion,
Mr.
Kingswell
referred
to
the
wide
powers
of
investigation
given
to
probation
officers
in
certain
American
States
and
also
that
of
the
examining
magistrate
in
France,
who
makes
a
preliminary
enquiry
into
the
case
but does
not
actually
try
it
nor
judge
it.
Matrimonal
Courts
In
matrimonial
work,
Mr.
Kingswell
was
of
the
opinion
that
the
probation
officer
should
be
used
a
great
deal
more.
He
felt
that
as
soon
as
a
summons
is
applied
for
the
application
should
be
referred
to
the
probation
oflicer,
who
should
investigate
the
facts
and
then
advise
as
to
whether
a
summons
should
be
issued
or
not.
If
a
summons
were
insisted
on
this
should
be
granted,
but
reconciliation
should
still
be
attempted.
It
was
his
opinion
that
in
the
majority
of
cases
the &dquo; bang
and
bash&dquo;
procedure,
whereby
each
party
condemns
and
accuses
the
other,
could
be
largely
avoided
if
the
proba-
tion
officer
was
simply
put
into
the
witness
box
and
asked
whether
or
not
there
was
a
possibility
of
reconciliation
and,
if
not,
whether
the
case
should
go
on.
He
felt
that
in
very
many
cases
where
reconciliation
was
not
possible,
a
fight
in
court,
which
would
ruin
any
chance
of
future
reconciliation,
could
be avoided
if
the
probation
officer
were
to
try
and
arrive
at
an
amicable
financial
settlement
between
the
parties.
In
his
ex-
perience
many
husbands
contested
cases
simply
because
they
were
afraid
that
any
order
which
might
be
made
upon
them
would
be
too
much
and
that
if
they
could
blackguard
their
partner
sufficiently
the
amount
of
the
order
would
be
adjusted
accordingly.
In
the
discussion,
Mr.
Kingswell
agreed
that
a
husband
was
entitled
to
defend
his
case
fully,
but
he
still
main-
tained
that
a
large
number
of
cases
could
be
settled
quickly
through
an
order
by
consent
brought
about
through
the
intervention
of
the
probation
officer.
Continued
from
page
90
and
her
Child;
British
Federation
of
Social
Workers;
Elizabeth
Fry
Centenary
Committee.
Retirement
Pension
Under
the
National
Insurance
Act.
It
was
agreed
that
the
Home
Ofhce
should
be
asked
to
clarify
the
position
of
serving
probation
officers
and
new
entrants
to
the
service
with
regard
to
the
Probation
Officers’
Superannuation
Fund
and
the
retirement
pension
under
the
National
Insurance
Act.
Pensions
Increase
Bill.
It
was
agreed
that
information
be
sought
as
to
whether
probation
officers
would
come
within
the
scope
of
the
new
Pensions
Increase
Bill.
REVIEWS
The
Practice
of
Social
Work.
Published
by the
British
Federation
of
Social
Workers,
5,
Victoria
Street,
S.W.1,
price
Is.
6d.
This
is
the
report
of
a
conference
of
over
40
leading
social
workers
on
the
training
of
students
for
social
service.
Among
the
subjects
were &dquo; The
principles
of
case
work&dquo;;
&dquo;The
inter-relation
of
Theoretical
and
Practical
Study &dquo;;
&dquo; The
student-supervisor
relationship &dquo;
and &dquo;
Reports
on
Students’
work
&dquo;.
This
pamphlet
should
be
studied by
all
who
are
con-
cerned
with
the
training
of
future
workers.
Not
only
does
it
give
some
very
practical
advice
but
it
enables
the
reader
to
see
the
whole
question
of
training
from
a
wide
angle
and
to
appreciate
its
great
importance.
One
speaker
says
&dquo;for
the
first
time
in
history
there
are
far
more
students
for
social
work
than
there
are
places
for
them
in
training.&dquo;
This
being
so,
it
is
up
to
all
of
us
to
see
that
our
Service
attracts
its
fair
share
of
these
potential
workers
and
then
gives
them
the
very
best
possible
training,
since
the
future
status
of
Probation
among
the
Social
Services,
depends
upon
the
young
entry.
Because
we
are
short
handed
at
the
moment
we
are
too
apt
to
scamp
the
time
and
attention
we
give
to
our
individual
trainees
and
to
quiet
our
consciences
by
telling
ourselves
that
the
best
school
is
experience
or
something
similar.
Because
Court
Missionaries
were
among
the
pioneers
of
social
work
we
are
too
apt
to
think
of
our-
selves
as
different
from
other
social
workers.
Because
our
ultimate
sanction
is the
Law-notoriously
slow
to
change
-we
are
not
always
alive
to
changes
in
other
fields.
Unless
we
can
keep
abreast
of
modern
developments-in
training
particularly-we
shall
be
different,
very
different,
from
other
social
workers,
but
the
difference
will
not
be
to
the
advantage
of
those
whom
we
are
trying
to
help.
Boarding
Out.
Joint
Circular
from
the
Home
Office
and
Ministry
of
Health;
Statutory
Rules,
Children
and
Young
Persons,
England;
Poor
Law,
England.
Boarding
Out
of
Children;
Memorandum
on
Boarding
Out
of
Children
and
Young
Persons.
These
4
official
publications
follow
on
the
Curtis
Report
and
are
presumably
the
interim
implementation
of
some
of
the
suggestions
made
in
that
Report.
It
is
to
be
hoped
that
all
Local
Authorities
will
really
carry
out
these
new
Rules
as
far
as
they
go,
or
even
a
little
further,
since
we
do
not
want
a
fresh
tragedy
to
awaken
public
opinion
to
the
realisation
that
deprived
children
are
neglected
by
others
besides
their
natural
parents.
The
Memorandum
is
worth
reading
by
those
who
are
specially
interested
in
Boarding
Out
as
a
method
of
treat-
ment,
although
it
seems
in
places
to
be
a
little
out
of
touch
with
reality.
For
instance;
Paragraph
13
ends
&dquo; Lack
of
foster
homes
in
an
area
may
often
be
met
by
co-operation
with
a
neighbouring
authority
which
may
have
foster
homes
in
excess
of
its
requirements.&dquo;
This
is
surely
a
very
optimistic
assumption?
It
seems
useless
to
preach
the
value
of
Boarding
Out
and
criticise
Local
Authorities
for
continuing
to
keep
children
in
Institu-
tions
unless
there
is
to
be
a
properly
organised
campaign
to
obtain
suitable
foster
homes.
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