James Maybee, now working for Highland Council's Criminal Justice Services in Dingwall, Ross, draws on recent research to highlight the shortfall in skills and knowledge in delivering effective probation supervision, and argues for systematic training and development to boost practitioners' confidence, authority and morale.
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Linda Thomas, A Structure For Delivering Effective Probation Supervision, Midlands Probation Training Consortium, 1994.
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Geraldine MacDonald , 'Developing Empirically-Based Practice on Probation ,' British Journal of Social Work, 24, 405-427, 1994.
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