Editorial
| Published date | 01 April 1938 |
| Date | 01 April 1938 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455053800201206 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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EDITORIAL
JUSTICES’ CLERKS
paragraph from the chapter on probation work is
worth quoting in f ull : -
&dquo; The work done by probation officers in ob-
The Home Secretary announced recently in the
taining information about the children coming
House ~of Commons that he had decided to appoint
before the juvenile courts is invaluable. Particu-
a Departmental Committee to enquire into the
larly in dealing with children is it necessary for
methods of appointment and conditions of service
the courts to have the fullest possible information
of Clerks to Justices and certain questions of prin-
about a child’s character, circumstances, history
ciple relating to the duties performed by them.
and home, and it is upon the probation officers
and the education authorities in their respective
The subject is of the greatest importance to the
spheres that the courts rely for this purpose. It
National Association of Probation Officers because
has often been pointed out, and may here be
under existing Probation Rules,
pointed out again, that a probation officer under
&dquo;
The Justices’ Clerk
whose care a child is
or a Justices’ Clerk’s As-
placed by the court, is handi-
sistant shall act
capped if he does not get into touch with the
as secretary to the Probation
home before the court’s decision is made. The
Committee.&dquo;
co-
operation of the parents is more easily secured if
f
In areas where the Justices’ Clerk is actively in-
they make the acquaintance of the probation
terested in the social work of the Courts the proba-
officer while their c~hild’s case is still before the
tion system prospers and in recent years there has
court.
If the parents never see the probation
been increasing evidence of the goodwill of Clerks
officer till the decision is made, they are not so
of Court. I have met some very good friends of
likely to be impressed by the need for co-opera-
the service at week-end schools and conferences for
tion with him, nor do they receive...
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