Predicting the impact of new penal legislation is notoriously hard, while the criminal justice system remains unsystematic and the sentencing groundrules become increasingly and unworkably complex. Howard Parker, Professor of Social Work at Manchester University, nevertheless cautions against fatalism and suggests that 'pro-active probation practice can mediate and modify the way sentencers behave'.
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