Brian Littlechild, Director of Social Work Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, reports a study of violence against staff of Hertfordshire Probation Service.
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The full report I needed to be told I hadn t failed: Report into Violence and Aggression experienced by Probation Staff in Hertfordshire, 1993 is available from Hertfordshire Probation Head Office. See also Managing Aggression and Violence Towards Social Work Staff by Brian Littlechild, University of Hertfordshire, 1993.
