Social work and punishment are often uncomfortable bed-fellows. In this article, the author argues that the court is fundamentally a place of justice; its first function is to assess the need for punishment then to exercise mercy. The probation officer has a crucial role to play in this process.
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Rehabilitation and Deviance, Philip Bean.Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1976.
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