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Bob Broad and David Denney outline key issues concerning citizenship and service users' rights in Probation. They put the case for a charter of rights for Probation Service users which seeks to empower them.

Kate Broom draws on personal experience, relevant literature and a survey of artists who have worked in the Probation Service to explore the place of art practice in probation work and to argue that art practice has an important place within the current 'What Works' thinking.

A current fuel debts project in Leeds is indicating how inadequate the response of the Probation Service is to such issues. It seems that many individual officers do not possess the knowledge which would enable them to deal systematically with the fuel boards over individual cases and it is clear that the Probation Service has been unable or unwilling to develop a coherent policy response to such general issues as the Code of Practice. At a time of increasing unemployment linked to massive cuts in public expenditure and higher prices for such essential commodities as fuel, it is clear that probation officers will be confronted with serious fuel debt problems. This article advocates a specific strategy requiring special resources and expertise.

The authors argue that the Probation Service could benefit greatly by adopting behaviour modification as a basic working method. They believe that its underlying psychological assumptions are more tenable than those of methods currently espoused by the Service, and that, in practice, the approach has already proved successful in tackling many problems commonly encountered in probation case work. They report that where behavioural programmes have been implemented within the Probation Service, the results have been both stimulating and highly encouraging.

To be or not to be? That is a question which has frequently been asked about the Probation Service. The article which follows is a fantasy. Read it with a sense of humour and make up your own mind about any seeds of truth which it may contain.

Preventive strategies have only belatedly been recognised in tackling the crime problem. The authors argue their merits, not as a last resort, but as part of a balanced approach, and suggest that the Probation Service is essential to the development of new initiatives. They admit these are controversial proposals but believe that a preventive perspective would aid the task of helping offenders.

Abstract: This paper considers the position of female offenders in relation to the work of the probation service. Using both primary and secondary data sources it investigates disparities between females and males in the use of probation‐administered disposals, and suggests the social inquiry report to be a key factor in these. Possible reasons for differential treatment of females by the probation service, and other issues relating to this are also discussed.

In recent years an uncertain momentum has built up towards probation officers becoming more involved in community work. The author reports on his recent survey of community initiatives in probation teams, and discusses what action is required to prevent the tentative exploration of community probation from coming to a premature halt.