Lytham St. Annes Conference
| Published date | 01 January 1934 |
| Date | 01 January 1934 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455053400101807 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
28I
LYTHAM
ST.
ANNES
CONFERENCE
Successful
Meeting
of
the
Lancashire
and
Cheshire
Branch
Councillor
James
H.
Dawson,
J.P.
(Mayor
of
Lytham.
St.
Annes
for
the
mayoral
year
just
terminated),
presided
at
a
most
successful
conference
organised
by
the
Lancashire
and
Cheshire
Branch
in
the
Ashton
Pavilion,
at
Lytham
St.
Annes
on
6th
October.
The
Right
Hon.
the
Earl
of
Feversham
(President
National
Association
of
Probation
Officers),
the
Lady
Maureen
Stanley,
C.C.,
and
Dr.
Muriel
Barton
Hall,
M.D.,
of
the
Liverpool
Psychiatric
Clinic
were
the
speakers.
Some
200
magistrates
and
justices
clerks
as
well
as
most
of
the
probation
officer
members
of
the
Lancashire
and
Cheshire
Branch
attended
the
meeting.
Tea
was
very
kindly
provided
by
Mrs.
J.
H.
Davidson.
-- The
Bishop
of
Blackburn
(Rt.
Rev.
Dr.
P.
M.
Herbert;
D.D.),
Mr.
P.
L.
Birley,
J.P.
(Chairman,
Kirkham
Division
Probation
Committee),
Mr.
salter
Heap
(Town
Clerk,
St.
Annes),
Rev.
Dr.
A.
Porter,
M.A.,
and
others
occupied
seats
on
the
platform.
The
local
arrangements
for
the
Conference
were
in
the
hands
of
Mr.
Reid
Smith
(Probation
Officer
for
the
petty
sessional
division
of
Kirkham).
The
Branch
is
to
be
congratulated
on an
entirely
successful
meeting.
Lord
Feversham
dealt
with
Probation,
which
as
a
social
service,
had
a
definite
contribution
to
make
in
the
efforts
of
the
community
to
deal
with
crime
as
a
national
problem.
It
had
been
proved,
said
his
Lordship,
that
there
is
a
direct
relationship
between
delinquency
and
unemployment,
and
statistics
of
the
present
position
of
crime
in
the
country,
drew
atten-
tion
to
the
great
need
for
united
effort
in
anticipation
of
the
threatened
increase
in
juvenile
unemployment
which
is
likely
to
accompany
the
increase
in
numbers
of
adolescents
who
will
be
leaving
school
during
the
next
three
or
four
years.
Lady
Maureen
Stanley
gave
a
striking
address
on
the
Children
and
Young
Persons
Act,
and
its
relation
to
the
Probation
system.
-
&dquo;The
world
in
which
we
live
to-day,&dquo;
said
Lady
Maureen, &dquo; is
in
a
state
of
flux ;
old
traditions
have
gone ;
standards
are
changing.
A
new
morality
is
arising ;
religion
has
lost
the
strong
hold
it
exercised
over
a
great
many
homes
and
parental
dscipline
is
everywhere
being
undermined.
The
Victorian
theory
of
gratitude
to
parents
had
been
exposed.&dquo;
Homes
with
unemployed
parents
were
often
not
fit
environments
for
the
child.
It
was
not
surprising
that
home
did
not
mean
what
it
used
to
mean.
To
the
imaginative
minds
of
children
there
was
no
reason
why
they
should
not
be
the
heros
and
heroines
of
escapades
seen
on
the
films
or
read
in
the
press.
The
old
way
of
treatment
was
harsh
treatment.
It
might
be
good
for
the
habitual
criminal,
but
it
must
be
bad
for
the
children.
Probation
gave
a
chance
of
sifting
the
good
from
the
bad.
It
would
be
necessary
to
impress
upon
the
public
how
important
the
probation
service
was.
The
new
Children
Act
had
become
law
at
a
most
important
juncture,
and
in
the
Act
were
embodied
principles
which
if
honestly
applied
by
the
Courts
in
their
treatment
of
the
young
victims
of
our
changing
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