Editorial
| Published date | 01 April 1931 |
| Date | 01 April 1931 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455053100100709 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Editorial.
Probation
officers
will
be
interested
to
learn
that
through
the
activities
of
N.A.P.O.
acting
upon
a
reso-
lution
introduced
by
Mr.
C.
Rankin
(Hull),
the
Foreign
Office
has
accepted
all
probation
officer
members
of
our
Association
as
authorised
certifiers
of
Passport
applications.
In
a
letter
written
to
N.A.P.O.,
the
Chief
Passport
Officer
says :-
&dquo; It
is
of
course
to
be
understood
that
Passport
declarations
should
not
be
countersigned
unless
the
recommender
is
able
from
personal
knowledge
to
vouch
for
the
accuracy
of
the
statements
made
by
the
applicant,
and
that
he
is
a
fit
and
proper
person
to
hold
a
passport.
When
countersigning
applications,
pro-
bation
officers
should
also
mention
that
they
hold
that
position.
I
shall
be
glad
if
you
will
supply
this
office
with
eight
copies
of
the
list
of
members
of
your
Association
for
purposes
of
reference
in
this
Department.&dquo;
Similar
authorisation
has
been
accorded
by
the
Minis-
try
of
Labour
in
applications
for
Unemployment
benefit
on
form
U.
I.
534A,
and
the
Secretary
for
Labour
has
written
to
say
:-
&dquo; The
co-operation
of
probation
officers
in
witnessing
the
signatures
of
claimants
for
Unemployment
Benefit
is .
appreciated;
and
a
special
instruction
is
being
issued
to
Local
Offices
of
the
Department
to
ensure
that
claimant’s
signatures
on
forms
U.
I.
534A
may
be
witnessed
by
probation
officers.&dquo;
.
Probation
Results
in
Wigan.
A
copy
of
a
letter
written
to
the &dquo;
Wigan
Examiner &dquo;
by
Mr.
W.
Mitchell
Roocroft,
Chairman
of
the
Wigan
Probation
Committee,
has
come
to
notice.
In
that
letter,
which
pays
a
striking
testimony
to
the
work
of
the
probation
officer,
Mr.
Leonard
Gaunt,
the
Chairman
of
the
Probation
Committee
asks &dquo;
Is
Probation
a
success ?&dquo;
He
then
proceeds
to
answer
his
own
question
by
giving
the
results
of
a
special
investigation
in
which
he
had
the
help
of
the
clerk
to
the
justices
and
the
probation
officer.
1°9
cases
were
under
consideration
and
these
involved
visits
to
101
homes.
In
only
three
cases
were
the
enquiries
of
the
probation
officer
(even
after
the
expiry
of
the
period
of
probation)
in
any
way
questioned :
on
the
contrary,
parents
welcomed
the
continued
interest
of
the
officer.
Collating
the
results
Mr.
Mitchell
Roocroft
says &dquo;
There
are
ro9
expired
cases,
12
have
again
been
in
trouble
during
the
last
three
years
for
minor
offences.
97
have
gone
straight
and become
good
citizens-a
striking
testimony
to
the
great
advan-
age
of
the
Probation
system.
In
my
opinion
Probation
is
a
great
success.&dquo;
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