Invited by Probation Journal to identify the Probation Service's prospects for survival, influence, identify and transformation, Cedric Fullwood, Chief Probation Officer for Greater Manchester, offers a wide-ranging perspective on Probation's future as a collaborative 'community' service rather than a 'correctional' agency, in the context of law and order politics, the changing criminal justice system and international trends.
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