Digest
| Published date | 01 March 1982 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058202900129 |
| Date | 01 March 1982 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
DIGEST
Drunkenness Offenders
Charitable Trust, Attlee House, 28 Com-
&dquo;Out of Court-alternatives for drunkenness
mercial Street, London El; tel: 01 247 2128;
offenders&dquo; is a pressure group made up of
£1.95.
a number of organisations oampaigning to
keep drunkenness offenders out of prison.
Family Planning
It aims to work for the establishment of
The numbers of unwanted pregnancies and
detoxification centres, the provision of day
abortions are now rising again. The Family
care services and to increase the availability
Planning Association sees inadequate sex
of
accommodation
for
the
homeless,
education and lack of parental guidance,
drunken offender. Further details from
together with high unemployment and
FARE, 3 Grosvenor Crescent, London W 1;
economic difficulties as the key contribut-
tel: 01 235 0609.
ing factors in unwanted teenage pregnan-
cies (90,000 each year). The FPA stresses
Shared Work
the need for the provision of freely avail-
&dquo;Shared Working at Brixton&dquo; is the title
able family planning services. Source: FPA
of an article describing the introduction of
Annual Report 1981 (October 1981). From
a shared work scheme involving probation
the FPA, 27-35 Mortimer Street, London
officers and prison staff at Brixton prison.
W1; tel: 01 636 7866.
Source: Prison Service Journal No 43, July
1981.
Youth Service
In January 1981 the Government set up a
From Crime Towards Work
group to review Youth Service provision.
In November 1981 the Apex Trust launched
The final report is due in early 1982. In
an initiative to assist statutory and volun-
its evidence to the review the NYB under-
tary agencies concerned with tackling the
lines the importance of the youth service
problems associated with the unemployed
as an educational service with social and
offender. The Apex Trust has developed
political education at its core. The NYB
three services: the Training and Develop-
calls for the political upgrading of the youth
ment Unit aims to...
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