Partnership in Practice

Abstract

As Probation Committees anticipate their new scope under the Criminal Justice Act 1991 to grant-aid voluntary projects, Harriet Bretherton, an Inner London probation officer seconded as a team leader to a residential alcohol recovery project, describes the reality of a working relationship between the Probation Service and the Independent Sector, as promoted in the April 1990 consultation paper 'Partnership in Dealing with Offenders in the Community'. The Home Office's decision on future arrangements is expected this Autumn.