In This Issue
| Published date | 01 June 1978 |
| Date | 01 June 1978 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455057802500201 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
probation
journal
PUBLISHED
BY
THE
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
OF
PROBATION
OFFICERS
HON.
EDITOR:
LESLIE
HERBERT,
MBE.
MA
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IN
THIS
ISSUE...
WITH
so
many
new
developments,
it
is
important
to
be
reminded
that
the
Probation
Service
is
essentially
the
social
work
service
to
the
courts
and
the
penal
system.
The
Leicestershire
article
on
their
Court,
Intake
and
Assessment
team
describes
a
carefully
planned
method
of
providing
a
better
service
to
the
courts
and
to
defendants
appearing
there.
Then
R.
H.
Robinson
examines
the
alleged
decline
of
the
use
made
by
the
courts
of the
probation
order
and
proposes
a
team
method
for
reviewing
social
inquiry
reports
which
could
lead
to
more
probation
orders
being
made.
Frank
Holden
at
Kirkham
prison
did
some
research
into
the
perceptions
of
prisoners
about
their
social
inquiry
reports
and
about
the
way
they
were
dealt
with
at
court.
The
results
left
the
author
with
serious
reservations
about
the
standard
of
pre-prison
work
by
probation
officers.
Brendan
Fulton
was
selected
last
autumn
by
NAPO
to
take
advantage
of
an
English
Speaking
Union
scholarship
to
the
USA.
Trends
across
the
Atlan-
tic
invariably
drift
to
our
shores,
therefore
this
article
is
essential
reading
for
all
who
are
planning
for
the
future
of
the
Probation
Service.
Brendan
Fulton
observed
how
the
States
copes
with
the
supervision
of
more
young
offenders
in
the
community.
Back
in
this
country,
the
high
unemployment
rate
presents
even
greater
problems
to
probation
officers
attempting
to
establish
their
clients
in
work.
Martin
Rudenko,
training
to
become
a
probation
ofhcer,
made
a
study
of
the
problem
in
Southampton-and
advocates
specialist
status
for
attempts
to
place
offenders
in
work.
Finally,
a
follow-up
is
published
to
Roger
Shaw’s
article
in
our
last
edition
on
working
with
sexual
offenders.
Perhaps
not
surprisingly,
that
article
re-
ceived
considerable
publicity
in
the
press-and
even
provoked
a
question
in
the
House
of
Lords
on
3rd
May!
The
author
also
received
numerous
in-
quiries
from
probation
officers,
solicitors
and
also
individuals
with
sexual
problems.
Clearly this
is
a
sphere
which
merits
close
attention
by
the
Pro-
bation
Service.
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