(Continued from page 99)

DOI10.1177/026455054700500804
Date01 March 1947
Published date01 March 1947
Subject MatterArticles
101
Executive
for
help
in
getting
some
recognition
of
the
higher
cost
of
living
in
London.
Superannuation.
The
Chairman
reported
that
the
Home
Ofhce
had
intimated
that
they
were
hoping
to
get
the
necessary
Bill
through
within
a
reasonable
time,
and
had
suggested
that
N.A.P.O.
should
seek
an
early
meeting
with
them
in
order
that
its
views
might
be
registered
in
good
time.
It
was
agreed
that
a
Sub-Committee,
consisting
of
the
Chairman,
Messrs.
E.
A.
Cuming,
S.
R.
Eshelby,
and
G.
W.
Staveley,
should
be
set
up
to
deal
with
the
matter;
that
they
should
call
on
expert
advice
if
necessary,
and
that
they
should
have
power
to
act.
Homes
and
Hostels.
Following
upon
a
meeting
between
the
General
Purposes
Sub-Committee
and
representatives
of
the
Homes
and
Hostels
Association,
it
was
agreed
that
a
Sub-Committee,
consisting
of
Miss
N.
Ralli,
Messrs.
W.
Hallas
and
C.
B.
Trusler,
be
appointed
to
serve
on
a
joint
Committee
with
members
of
the
Homes
and
Hotels
Association.
&dquo;Justice
of
the
Peace.&dquo;
It
was
agreed
to
accept
the
suggestions
of
Messrs.
Butterworth
&
Company
for
a
scheme
to
ensure
larger
circulation
and
greater
useful-
ness
of
&dquo;The
Justice
of
the
Peace&dquo;
among
magistrates
and
probation
officer.
Details
of
the
scheme
will
be
circulated
in
due
course.
Selection
and
Training
of
Probation
Officers.
It
was
reported
that
a
memorandum
was
in
course
of
prepara-
tion
by
the
General
Purposes
Sub-Committee
and,
when
complete,
would
be
submitted
for
the
approval
of
the
National
Executive.
Deputy
Delegates
to
National
Executive.
It
was
agreed
that
where
a
regular
Deputy
Delegate
was
appointed
by
a
Branch,
such
Delegate
should
be
furnished
with
copies
of
National
Executive
Agendas
and
Minutes.
Report.
of
the
Criminal
Justice
Bill
Sub-Committee.
(a)
Revision
of
Probation
Rules.
The
Sub-Committee’s
recommendations
regarding
urgent
matters
which
might
be
dealt
with
at
once
by
circular
if
immediate
revision
of
the
rules were
not
practicable
was
accepted.
Some
slight
amendments
were
made
to
their
recom-
mendations,
and
it
was
authorised
that,
in
the
revised
form,
they
should
be
sent
forward
to
the
Home
Office.
(b)
Members
of
Parliament.
The
Sub-Committee’s
recommendations
that
from
now
until
the
introduction
of
the
Criminal
Justice
Bill
the
Journal
should
be
sent
as
issued
to
those
Members
of
Parliament
whose
names
appeared
on
the
briefing
list
was
approved.
(c)
Criminal
Justice
Bill.
It
was
reported
that
the
Sub-Committee
were
continuing
their
study
of
the
shelved
Bill,
and
it
agreed
that
on
the
completion
of
their
task
they
should
prepare
a
memorandum
giving
guidance
to
the
Branches
as
to
the
recommendations
of
the
Bill
and
should
then
study
the
opinions
of
the
Branches.
Annual
Report.
A
draft
of
the
Annual
Report
for
1946
was
submitted
to
the
Meeting.
It
was
agreed
that
it
be
accepted,
and
authority
was
given
for
it
to
be
published
in
the
May/June
issue
of
&dquo;
Probation.&dquo;
Matrimonial
Conciliation.
The
Chairman
reported
that
he
had
been
invited
to
a
meeting
at
the
Home
Office
at
which
a
proposal
was
put
forward
for
the
setting-up
of
an
ad
hoc
Committee
to
compile
a
pamphlet
on
the
work
of
matrimonial
conciliation
for
ofl’icial
circulation
to
all
probation
officers.
Two
members
of
the
Home
Office
would
serve
on
the
Committee
and
eight
serving
probation
officers.
Various
names
of
probation
officers
have
been
suggested
by
the
Home
Ofpxce,
who
had
also
invited
N.A.P.O.
to
put
forward
suggestions
of
officers
especially
qualified
in
this
field
of
service.
Denning
Report.
The
Chairman
said
that
at
the
Home
Office
meeting
it
was
made
clear
that
tentative
sugges-
tions
for
implementing
the
Denning
Report
were
already
under
discussion
by
the
authorities
concerned,
and
some
suggestions
were
considered
at
that
meeting.
He
reported
to
the
National
Executive
some
of
the
recommendations
that
might
be
put
forward,
and
a
long
discussion
took
place
on
the
points
involved.
It
was
agreed
that
a
memorandum
embodying
the
points
raised
in
the
Executive
discussion
should
be
imme-
diately
prepared
and
circulated
to
Branches
with
a
request
that
they
would
call
special
meetings
to
discuss
the
subject
and
return
their
findings
to
N.A.P.O.
by
the
end
of
March.
(Continued
from
page
99)
are
dealt
with
out
of
Court
by
the
probation
staff;
in
Connecticut
these
&dquo;unofficial
cases&dquo;
amounted
to
two-
thirds
of
the
total
number
referred
for
Delinquency.
Appeals
against
Juvenile
Court
decisions
are
seldom
made.
In
fact,
in
some
States
it
is
not
clear
whether
there
is
any
right
of
appeal
either
against
a
finding
of
delin-
quency
or
a
Court
decision.
Broad
and
variable
though
the
jurisdiction
of
the
American
Juvenile
Court
appear
two
be,
there
is
a
feeling
in
some
quarters
in
the
United
States
that
their
powers
and
discretion
are
too
restricted.
The
present
trend
seems
to
be
away
from
any
attempt
to
deal
with
children
within
the
legal
framework
and
to
aim
at
the
establishment
of
&dquo;clinics&dquo;
which
could
deal
authoritatively
with
their
cases.
This
view
was
expressed
by
Judge
George
W.
Smyth,
Judge
of
the
Westchester
County
Juvenile
Court,
New
York,
in
an
article
which
appeared
recently
in
&dquo;Probation
&dquo;-&dquo;
Children’s
courts
as
presently
constituted
are
the
last
bulwarks
instead
of
the
advanced
outposts
of
civilisation’s
fight
to
stem
the
onrushing
tide of
delinquency.
The
approach
to
the
courts
is
so
difficult,
their
procedures
under
the
Statutes
are
so
formal
and
they
are
so
poorly
supplied
with
scien-
tific
means
of
studying
and
treating
the
problem
child,
that
parents
and
others
do
not
readily
turn
to them.
The
Statutes
require
the
filing
of
sworn
petitions,
......
hearings,
and
formal
adjudications
of
delinquency.
The
approach
should
be
rendered
easy;
these
formalities
should
be
discarded,
and
the
courts,
whether
by
that
name
or
some
other
more
appropriate
name,
should
assume
the
characteristics
of
clinics.&dquo;
It
is
therefore
possible
that
in
future
the
official
handling
of
juvenile
delinquency
will
be
along
these
lines,

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