Editorial
| DOI | 10.1177/026455053800300303 |
| Date | 01 November 1938 |
| Published date | 01 November 1938 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
36
EDITORIAL
MR.
H.
L.
TUBBS
ROBATION
OFFICERS
throughout
the
coun-
P try
will
learn
with
regret
of
the
retirement
of
Mr.
Tubbs,
Chief
Clerk
of
the
Probation
Branch,
Home
Office,
on
medical
grounds.
Mr.
Tubbs
joined
the
staff
of
the
Home
Office
well
over
thirty
years
ago
and
for
many
years,
while
serv-
ing
in
the
Children’s
Branch
and
afterwards,
he
was
closely
associated
with
the
Probation
service.
Through
the
original
scheme
of
training,
of
which
he
served
informally
as
Secretary,
he
became
known
to
many
aspiring
applicants
and
probation
officers
and
as
Secretary
of
the
London
Probation
Commit-
tee,
he
was
known
to
almost
every
officer
in
Lon-
don.
On
the
establishment
of
the
Probation
Branch,
it
was
the
source
of
much
gratification
that
he
left
his
post
as
Chief
Clerk
of
the
Children’s
Branch
to
become
Chief
Clerk
in
the
new
organisation.
Con-
tact
with
him
bred
affection
and
respect.
His
de-
parture
after
a
long
and
trying
illness
is
a
serious
loss
to
the
Service
and
to
his
colleagues
in
the
Pro-
bation
Branch
and,
indeed,
throughout
the
Home
Office.
He
will,
we
are
sure,
leave
with
the
good
wishes
of
all
and
with
their
earnest
hopes
for
early
restoration
to
health
and
a
happy
retirement.
The
Home
Office
Probation
Training
Board
is
trying
an
experiment
in
short
courses
of
instruction
for
serving
probation
officers.
Three
centres
have
been
chosen :
Leeds,
Birmingham
and
Cardiff
and
the
expenses
of
officers
attending
the
courses
are
being
paid.
A
similar
experiment
is
being
tested
at
Newcastle
where
one
or
two
interested
magistrates
°
and
probation
officers
have
sought
the
co-operation
of
the
Workers’
Educational
Association.
Lack
of
space
in
this
number
of
&dquo;
Probation
&dquo;
makes
it
impossible
to
describe
these
courses
but
we
hope
to
be
able
to
do
so
in
our
next
issue.
The
courses
of
lectures,
seminars,
and
study
groups
which
always
come
with
the
approach
of
winter
have
been
more
than
usually
abundant
this
year
and
we
are
very
sorry
that
the
&dquo;crisis&dquo;
pre-
vented
the
journal
from
bringing
earlier
information
about
them
to
probation
officers.
The
City
Literary
Institute
has
courses
in
psychology
at
The
Guildhouse,
Eccleston
Square,
S.W.I,
and
at
the
Westminster
City
School,
Palace
Yard.
It
has
also
a
short
course
in
&dquo;
Problems
of
Crime
and
Punishment.&dquo;
Fees
7/6
per
course.
The
Institute
of
Child
Psychology
has
arranged
a
course
of
8
lectures
on
&dquo;
Problems
of
the
Family,&dquo;
to
be
given
at
Friends
House,
Euston
Road,
N.W.I.
Fee, ~i
I
I S.
The
Tavistock
Clinic,
Malet
Place,
~~1. C. I ,
has
various
courses
on
&dquo;
Mental
Health
in
Childhood,&dquo;
&dquo; lVIental
Testing,&dquo;
&dquo;
Child
Guidance,&dquo;
etc.,
as
well
as
a
course
of
Seminars
for
Magistrates.
Fees
from £1
is.
to
~2
2s.
London
Group
for
Individual
Psychology,
Friends
House,
N.W.I.
A
course
of
6
lectures.
Fee,
2 /-
per
lecture.
Institute
for
Scientific
Treatment
of
Delinquency.
A
course
of
24
lectures
on
Social
Psychology.
~2
for
the
course.
Seminars
on
&dquo;
Delinquency.&dquo;
Fees,
3/-
to
6/-.
Single
lectures,
1/6.
We
very
much
regret
to
report
the
death
of
Mr.
Leo
Stormont,
the
husband
of
the
Senior
Probation
Officer
of
Marlborough
Street.
The
kindest
wishes
of her
colleagues
will
go
out
to
Mrs.
Stormont.
The
Home
Secretary’s
Penal
Reform
Bill
is
likely
to
be
published
by
the
time
this
number
of
the
journal
is
in
the
hands
of
probation
officers.
A
Private
Members’
Bill
to
amend
the
laws
relat-
ing
to
order
and
decency
in
public
places
has
been
printed
by
Order
of
the
House
of
Commons.
The
Bill
refers
to
loitering,
obstructing
and
importuning
in
the
streets;
its
main
provisions
are
that
no’
person
shall
be
taken
into
custody
for
the
offences
described
in
the
Bill
except
on
complaint
by,
or
on
behalf,
of
the
person
aggrieved
and
that
any
person
convicted
under
its
provisions
on
more
than
two
occasions
may
be
deemed
to
be
a
habitual
offender.
CIVILIAN
DEFENCE--continued.
workers
were
allowed
to
drift
off
into
services
for
which
they
are
not
trained
leaving
places
to
be
filled
by
untrained,
inexperienced
volunteers
who
might
in
themselves,
all
unwittingly,
constitute
a
new
danger.
Especially
in
services
like
probation
which
are
concerned
with
problems
of
social
mal-adjust-
ment.
The
War
of
1914-1918
showed
a
fall
in
the
number
of
adults
charged
but
an
increase
in
the
number
of
probation
orders
made.
In
the
Juvenile
Courts
in
the
four
years
1914-1917
the
number
of
juveniles
charged
rose
steadily
from
36,929
to
5 I , 323 .
A
far
worse
position
might
re-
sult
if
our
national
family
life
were
disturbed
and
the
children
scattered.
A
deputation
is
going
from
the
British
Federa-
tion
of
Social
Workers
ito
offer
co-operation
and
seek
guidance
from
the
new
Department
of
Civilian
Defence.
It
will
offer
the
suggestion
that
in
plan-
ning
for
an
emergency
the
social
workers
should
be
invited
to
contribute
from
their
experience
know-
ledge
which
only
they
possess
about
the
practical
needs
of
their
people.
The
National
Association
of
Probation
Officers
has
decided
to
put
the
subject
of
Civilian
Defence,
so
far
as
it
affects
probation,
on
the
agenda
of
the
next
meeting
of the
National
Executive
Committee
and
correspondence
on
this
subject
is
invited
from
probation
officers.
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