Anita Gibbs, former Probation Officer, now a research student at University of Bristol, examines the benefits and disadvantages for probation service users who become involved as volunteers with projects in formal partnership with the Service, and suggests that whilst users gain voice, choice and control, their probation officers experience a corresponding loss of personal relationship.
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