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| DOI | 10.1177/026455057602300401 |
| Published date | 01 December 1976 |
| Date | 01 December 1976 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
97
probation
journal
PUBLISHED
BY
THE
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
OF
PR08ATION
OFFICERS
HON.
EDITOR:
LESLIE
HERBERT,
MBE,
MA
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IN
THIS
ISSUE ...
FUNDAMENTAL
questions
continue
to
be
asked
about
the
Probation
and
After-Care
Service.
It
is
important
that
these
questions
should
be
debated
within
the
Service,
therefore
following
our
special
edition
about
philoso-
phy,
we
now
present
several
controversial
articles
of
immediate
practical
concern
to
the
Service.
Hugh
Barr
of
CCETSW.
makes
a
detailed
response
to
the
growing
tide
of
criticism
about
the
training
of
probation
officers.
He
explains
the
philosophy
behind
generic
training-and
argues
forcefully
that
there
are
distinct
advantages
to
be
obtained
by
the
Service
from
the
&dquo;rich !
diversity
of
emphases&dquo;
in
CQSW
courses.
The
decline
in
the
use
of
probation
orders
by
courts
plus
increasing
doubts
about
the
effectiveness
of
traditional
methods
of
supervision
commend
to
readers’
serious
attention
the
work
of
the
Inner
London
Differential
Treatment
Unit.
Geoffrey
Dobson
describes
the
concep-
tual
basis
for
their
new
style
of
working-and
Roger
Vaisey
gives
prac-
tidal
examples
of
the
benefits
and
the
pit-falls.
Originally
presented
at
the
Home
Office
Probation
Conference
at
Nottingham
in
July
of
this
year,
these
two
papers
merit
extensive
debate
in
the
Service.
We
are
again
pleased
to
publish
a
piece
of
local
research.
The
penal
policy
committee
of
NAPO
London
branch
investigated
three
impor-
tant
aspects
of
parole
among
probation
officers
themselves.
The
results
of
this
research
pose
crucial
questions
about
the
nature
of
our
involve-
ment
as
a
Service
in
parole.
A
further
paper
which
originated
at
the
Nottingham
Conference
pre-
sents
a
fascinating
and
challenging
account
of
West
Yorkshire’s
attempts
to
systemetise
information.
Adrian Hudson’s
article
kills
once
and
for
all
the
myth
that
all
research
and
statistics
are
merely
of
academic
interest. -...
I.
’
Rachel
Dixon,
a
volunteer,
pleads
with
the
Service
to
recognise
more
fully
the
value
of
volunteers-and,
in
particular,
outlines
an
extra
dimen-
sion
that
could
be
added
to
the
through
care
of
withdrawn,
isolated
prisoners
by
using
volunteers.
And
in
PROBATION
FORUM,
there
is
a
plea
for
more
care
and
more
emotional
involvement
on
the
part
of
proba-
tion
officers
with
their
clients.
’
Finally,
the
BOOK
REVIEWS
section,
which
may
tend
to
get
overlooked
on
occasions,
is
devoted
to
a
number
of
important
reports
recently
published.
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