probation service

• aim and objectives


  a statutory duty to supervise high risk offenders released into the community and to provide support to victims of serious sexual or violent crimes

  main aim is to protect the public by rehabilitating offenders
• main types of clients

  • offenders serving a sentence in the community, rather than in prison
  • offenders who have been released on license from prison before the end of their sentence
• type of sentence requirements that probation officers supervise:

  • unpaid work
  • completing an education or training course
  • getting treatments for addictions
  • having regular meetings with their offender manager
• philosophy


  the belief that offenders can change for the better and become responsible members of society

  commitment to social justice, inclusion, equality and diversity

  belief in the worth and dignity of the individual
• funding 


  HMPPS had a budget of £4.6 billion inn 2018, shared between prison and probation. funded through general taxation
• working practices


  25 probation trusts in england and wales

  overseeing about 210,000 offenders
• partnerships


  works with a range of organisations

  • courts
  • police
  • local councils
  • service provides in the public and private sectors
• type of criminality and offender

  up to a quarter of a million offenders, that have been deemed safe enough to serve their sentence in the community or complete it if they are released on license
• national and local reach


  is a national serve working throughout the country
• probations role in achieving social control

  fear of punishment - supervise offenders when on license

  deter - people from reoffending so that they do not get recalled