Topic 6

Question 1

The probation service

Answer 1

aims to achieve social control by managing offenders on realises from custody or when serving community orders

Question 2

finance probation service

Answer 2

• government planned to cut £148 million of funds to probation services between 2014 and 2016
• national staff shortage and over-reliance on agency staff who may be underqualified
• private rehabilitation services and companies re substandard
• there have been shortcomings in keeping victims safe
• judges , victims , the public and offenders lack confidence in probation system

Question 3

probation positive

Answer 3

• support rehabilation and reintergation

- identifying emerginng behavioural issue before they escalate

Question 4

probation ( private) negative

Answer 4

• privatisation in the probation service was as a result if baised views of the conservative government - who believed that social control could be achieved through private ownership ( forucs on being cost effective not effective)
• community rehabilitation companies ( 21 companies) 19 out 21 failed
• national probation service have more sucusses than CRCs byt they are out dated

Question 5

National probations service negative

Answer 5

• national shortage of probation officers
• high workload that has lowered professional standards
• lack of professional leadership with NPS
• premises for probation services are dated, shabby in come cases inseruces
• shortages of specialist programmes to address causes of offending behaviour