Probation

• Probation - Strengths

  • Priority is to protect the public by the effective rehabilitation of offenders, by reducing the causes which contribute to offending and enabling offenders to turn their lives around
  • 12 regions in England and Wales, each overseeing a regional probation Director
  • Belief that offenders can change for the better and become responsible members of society
  • Commitment to social justice, social inclusion, equality and diversity
• Probation - Strengths

  • Institutional tactics
  • Families, school, workplaces, religious organisations and armies. Enforce for member conduct punishment and remedies
  • Family - Chores, curfew, respectful behaviour = Time out, grounding, lots of privileges
  • Schools - Alternative, homework, dress code = Detention, suspension and explusion
• Probation - Strengths

  • Workplace - Punctuality, dress code, performance = verbal/written warning, demotion and termination
  • Army - Discipline, hierarchy, physical fitness = Extra duty, demotion, dishonourable discharge