Handbook of Probation
| DOI | 10.1177/026455053500200202 |
| Published date | 01 October 1935 |
| Author | L. Le Mesurier |
| Date | 01 October 1935 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
HANDBOOK
OF
PROBATION
(And
Social
Work
of
the
Courts)
edited
by
MRS,
L.
LE
MESURIER,
O.B.E.
T HE
book,
which
has
been
officially
recommended
to
the
Social
Section
of
the
League
-*-
of
Nations,
describes
the
administration
of
the
Probation
of
Offenders
Act,
rgo7,
and
its
Amendments,
and
gives
a
detailed
account
of
the
work
of
probation
officers
in
the
performance
of
their
official
and
social
service
duties
in
the
Courts.
It
is
conveniently
divided
into
seventeen
chapters
and
six
appendices,
covering
the
historical
beginnings
of
the
probation
system
and
explaining
the
legal
principles
from
which
probation
has
developed.
It
deals
with
the
law
and
its
administration :
with
the
probation
officer
and
the
practice
of
his
work;
with
domestic
relations
cases,
after-care,
and
the
work
of
child
guidance
clinics
and
modern
medical
methods
in
the
treatment
of
delinquents.
The
appendices
contain
the
Probation
of
Offenders
Act,
igo~~
as
amended,
and
other
relevant
legislation,
fully
annotated ;
the
Probation
Rules;
the
Summary
Jurisdiction
Rules,
igr 5 ;
the
Probation
Officers’
Superannuation
Rules,
1928;
the
principal
Home
Office
Cir-
culars
relating
to
Probation,
and
Notes
on
the
Married
Women’s
Acts.
-
-
&dquo; The
Times &dquo;
(Literary
Supplement)
&dquo;To
probation
officers
and
voluntary
workers
in
connection
with
our
Courts
as
well
as
to
magistrates
and
to
those
concerned with
the
guidance
of
’difficult’
children
this
book
will
prove
invaluable.&dquo;
‘‘ Justice
of
the
Peace.&dquo;
&dquo;Here
we
can
see
the
wheels
of
this
efficient
machine
being
made
to
go
round
for
our
bene-
fit
... the
probation
officers
will
find
set
out
all
the
law
he
ordinarily
needs
in
his
daily
round,
together
with
chapters
that
cannot
fail
to
enrich
his
store
of
knowledge
of
the
system
and
to
suggest
means
by
which
he
may
improve
his
own
methods.&dquo;
&dquo; Manchester
Guardian.&dquo;
&dquo;A
very
practical
book ...
well
calculated
to
make
for
better
work
and
raise
the
average
of
achievement
in
a
ditficult
profession.&dquo;
&dquo;
Yorkshire
Post.&dquo;
&dquo;The
official
handbook
of
the
National
Association
of
Probation
Officers .
a
body
well
qualified
to
speak.
To
the
magistrate
and
social
worker,
as
well
as
to
the
Probation
Ofhcer,
it
will
come
as
an
invaluable
help
in
a
task
which
is
often
full
of
difficulty:’
&dquo;
The
Spectator.&dquo;
&dquo;It
will
be
of
great
interest
to
all
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
understand
the
prin-
ciples
of
probation
as
applied
both
to
adult
and
child
delinquents.&dquo;
&dquo;
News
Chronicle.&dquo;
&dquo;A
volume
dealing
with
the
whole
social
work
of
the
Courts.&dquo;
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