Critically assess the key principles which currently guide the National Probation Service. Which principle(s)do you think should be dominant and why?
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Critically assess the key principles which currently guide the National Probation Service. Which principle(s) do you think should be dominant and why? Introduction The answer to the essay question revolves around the two conflicting roles of the probation service. Historically there has been a battle within and surrounding the service between the social work ethos focused at reforming the offender and that of controlling and punishing the offender i.e. a more punitive system. To illustrate the change in ideals of the new National Probation Service and to predict where the service may be going in the future the essay offers a brief history of probation work within the UK before the main body of the essay begins. During the course of discussing the topic area, I will examine the recent developments in probation, centring heavily on the government document entitled 'A New Choreography - An Integrated Strategy for the...

