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29 Prob. J. 1 (1982)

handle is hein.journals/probj29 and id is 1 raw text is: Probation Journal Published by the National Association of Probation Officers Hon Editor: Bruce Hugman Editorial Advisory Board: Laurence V. Coates, Jenny Kirkpatrick (ex officio), Tim Powell, David Reaich Peter Simpson, Andy Stelman, Angela Widowson Price £1 (free to members) -- COMMENT PUNISHMENT OR HELP-Il The arguments put forward on this page in the last edition of the Journal have clearly touched an exposed nerve in the Service: a number of readers (whose letters appear later) have written to us in energetic, not to say passionate terms about the issues. In spite of what some detractors may feel, we un- reservedly welcome this: if we are able to stimulate debate and readers are moved to respond, then the Journal is coming alive as a real forum for dis- cussion and argument in NAPO. That is the only purpose which can justify its existence. Those who see the arguments pre- viously put forward as 'hectoring and one-sided', as 'pious' or 'merely emotive' obviously have to be taken seriously. They represent substantial numbers of NAPO members, all of whom are signi- ficantly influential in the direction the Service is taking. What is eerie about that direction, however, is the extent to which it seems to be in accord with the political climate of recession, and the abandonment, here and in the USA especially, of financial and practical com- mitment to welfare ideals. It is not true that words such as 'paternalistic' or 'authoritarian' are merely emotive, they refer to actual values and consequential behaviour about which it is possible to argue- albeit often with emotion, but not, there- fore, inevitably irrationally. But reason is not all. It may be the prime means through which we work our way to a system of coherent personal morality, but it is also subject to the hidden workings of personal, social and political values and pressures which underlie and shape our expressed views of the world. The debate about the Probation Ser- vice can be conducted only on the basis of acknowledging the larger issues to which it relates. In this edition of the Journal there are several pieces which may well -indeed should! -generate controversy. We hope that such contro- versy will be seen to be crucial to the vitality and creativity of the Service and to its developing conscious, explicit and deliberate policies. In taking forward the particular argument about punishment and help- an argument implicit in some of the I

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