Recent expansion in the conventional work-load of the Probation Service has not removed the basic empirical and theoretical objections to present probation practice. However, there are few signs of the Service embracing crime prevention as its central objective. Crime prevention and community work are vague and problematic concepts. However, they do presuppose a 'bias towards the poor' which has characterised the Probation Service's traditional concerns.
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