Confusion over the role of court welfare officer as court reporter still persists. Hurst argues that recent changes in the work have not represented a move to conciliation, but a major re-orientation in method. Through a typology of family problems and a proposed framework for focussing reports, he tries to show how welfare officers can integrate this new approach with traditional welfare considerations.
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