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14 Prob. 1 (1968)

handle is hein.journals/probj14 and id is 1 raw text is: PROBATION Vol 14 No 1 March 1968 Journal of the National Association of Probation Officers - 4s. COMMENT Inspection and Confirmation RULE 1 of the Probation Rules, 1967, marks an important turning point in the affairs of the service. From the 1st January this year, except in respect of direct entrants, the Home Office relinquishes its duty to make confirmatory inspections, and passes the responsibility to probation committees, which means in fact to principal probation officers. Clearly, the inspectorate is relieved of a task which it was finding well-nigh impossible, and this is to the good. But there is placed a heavy onus on principal probation officers to see that the national standards of which the service has been proud are not as a result eroded. The change has the effect too of altering slightly but significantly the principal probation officer's role. It will not be easy always to reconcile satis- factorily the need to support and encourage with the duty to inspect and, in effect, on occasion recommend dismissal. The Rule makes no provision for any form of second opinion from the Home Office in border-line cases. As a safeguard against the very occasional mistake, this would probably be welcome both to the officer and to the principal probation officer. The danger would be, however, that every person who was not confirmed by his committee would demand a second opinion from the Home Office, and this might defeat the object of the change. Desirable as the new Rule on balance is, there are bound to be difficulties initially. One thing is certain, however,. If there were any who doubted that the principal CONTENTS COMMENT . . . . . . Page 1 PAROLE; ON THE THRESHOLD . . . 4 VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN AFTER-CARE . . . 8 SOCIAL ENQUIRY REPORTS, D. L. Turner . . . . 11 A CANADIAN PROBATION SERVICE, S. J. Rees . . 13 DON'T BULL ME UP, D. A. Mathieson . . . . 16 IN PARLIAMENT . . . . . . 18 PROBATION FORUM . . . 20 FIFTY YEARS AGO . . 22 BOOK REVIEWS Casework in After-Care . . . 22 Shorter Notices . . . . 24 Books Received . . 32

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