THE PROBATION SERVICE
Probation manage offenders on community
sentences and those on parole or licence
Aims:
•Protect the public
•Reduce reoffending
•Provide for the proper punishment of offenders
•Ensure the offender is aware of the impact of their
behaviour
•Rehabilitate offenders
, National Probation service
Historically the probation service has been concerned with rehabilitation of offenders. Re
origins, early probation work was based on Christian welfarism.
1907 Probation of Offenders Act laid the foundations of the modern service. By this time the S
143 ‘missionaries and mission women’.
The objective of the probation officer was the moral reform of the offender. Strong relationship
work.
From ‘advise, assist and befriend’ in 1907 to ‘punishment, rehabilitation and public protection’ b
The National Probation Service is a law enforcement agency primarily concerned with:
• Risk assessment
• Public protection
• Holding offenders to account
, Probation’s Role: Pre-Sentencing and Supervision
CONVICTION
Custody Threshold
Pre Sentence Report
= Proposal
Court Decision
= Disposal
CUSTODY COMMUNITY
Pre & Post Release Community Order (C
IF > 12months OR
(unless 18 – 21 Yrs Old) Suspended Sentence Orde
,Summary of Community Sentencing Options
ORDERS x 2
• Community Order
• Suspended Sentence Order
REQUIREMENTS
• Supervision
• Community Payback / Unpaid work
• Accredited Programme e.g. anger management course
• A foreign travel prohibition requirement
• Drug Rehabilitation
• Alcohol Treatment
• Mental Health Requirement
• Curfew (electronically monitored)
• Attendance Centre
• Residence Requirement
• Exclusion
• Prohibited Activity e.g. attending football matches (usually up to 3yrs)
,Requirements – ‘Big Hitters’
SUPERVISION
• 3-36 months (often mirrors order)
• Attend appointments with Offender Manager – this is a
Probation Officer OR Offender Manager.
• Personalised to address:
• Stabilisation
• Motivation and compliance
• Preparation for intervention
• Community Re-integration
• 1:1 interventions (if unsuitable for groups)
, Requirements – ‘Big Hitters’
UNPAID WORK
• 40 – 300 Hours in length
• Punishment - Visible reparation to community
• Group projects or individual placement
• 500,000 hours of unpaid work were worked in 2010 in Manchester = £2 million in
labour.
Community Payback is unpaid work like:
• removing graffiti
• clearing wasteland
• decorating public places and buildings - for example, a community centre
You will usually work in your local area, and be managed by a Community Payback
supervisor. You must wear a high visibility orange vest while you work. https://www.youtube.com/wa
You have to work 3 or 4 days each week if you’re unemployed. v=aWDngxkzwv8
The Community Payback work will be arranged outside your working hours if you
have a job, for example evenings or weekends.
Probation manage offenders on community
sentences and those on parole or licence
Aims:
•Protect the public
•Reduce reoffending
•Provide for the proper punishment of offenders
•Ensure the offender is aware of the impact of their
behaviour
•Rehabilitate offenders
, National Probation service
Historically the probation service has been concerned with rehabilitation of offenders. Re
origins, early probation work was based on Christian welfarism.
1907 Probation of Offenders Act laid the foundations of the modern service. By this time the S
143 ‘missionaries and mission women’.
The objective of the probation officer was the moral reform of the offender. Strong relationship
work.
From ‘advise, assist and befriend’ in 1907 to ‘punishment, rehabilitation and public protection’ b
The National Probation Service is a law enforcement agency primarily concerned with:
• Risk assessment
• Public protection
• Holding offenders to account
, Probation’s Role: Pre-Sentencing and Supervision
CONVICTION
Custody Threshold
Pre Sentence Report
= Proposal
Court Decision
= Disposal
CUSTODY COMMUNITY
Pre & Post Release Community Order (C
IF > 12months OR
(unless 18 – 21 Yrs Old) Suspended Sentence Orde
,Summary of Community Sentencing Options
ORDERS x 2
• Community Order
• Suspended Sentence Order
REQUIREMENTS
• Supervision
• Community Payback / Unpaid work
• Accredited Programme e.g. anger management course
• A foreign travel prohibition requirement
• Drug Rehabilitation
• Alcohol Treatment
• Mental Health Requirement
• Curfew (electronically monitored)
• Attendance Centre
• Residence Requirement
• Exclusion
• Prohibited Activity e.g. attending football matches (usually up to 3yrs)
,Requirements – ‘Big Hitters’
SUPERVISION
• 3-36 months (often mirrors order)
• Attend appointments with Offender Manager – this is a
Probation Officer OR Offender Manager.
• Personalised to address:
• Stabilisation
• Motivation and compliance
• Preparation for intervention
• Community Re-integration
• 1:1 interventions (if unsuitable for groups)
, Requirements – ‘Big Hitters’
UNPAID WORK
• 40 – 300 Hours in length
• Punishment - Visible reparation to community
• Group projects or individual placement
• 500,000 hours of unpaid work were worked in 2010 in Manchester = £2 million in
labour.
Community Payback is unpaid work like:
• removing graffiti
• clearing wasteland
• decorating public places and buildings - for example, a community centre
You will usually work in your local area, and be managed by a Community Payback
supervisor. You must wear a high visibility orange vest while you work. https://www.youtube.com/wa
You have to work 3 or 4 days each week if you’re unemployed. v=aWDngxkzwv8
The Community Payback work will be arranged outside your working hours if you
have a job, for example evenings or weekends.
