Abstract
This article formed the substance of an address given by invitation to the Central Council of Probation Committees in November 1978. This invitation in itself was a significant recognition that the Probation Service really must do something to improve its public relations. NAPO has clearly led the way-and Bill Weston urges the Service to follow in a determined fashion.
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References
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"Press Reporting in Magistrates' Courts", Justice of the Peace, 14.1.1978.
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See Central Council of Probation and After-Care Committees' Executive Committee Minutes, 27.7.1978, Item 10, p.15, for an interesting account of the PR aspect of probation work in Holland.
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See-Handling the Public Protest, Nigel Whiskin, NACRO 1978.
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"The Media—Friend or Foe?" David Mathieson (Chairman, NAPO Press and PR Committee). Community Care, 16.11.1977.