The Labour Government has instituted a number of reviews of the Probation Service's organisation and work, which will inevitably lead to a much changed Service of the future. Here, Roger Statham attempts to understand an unfolding picture from a Senior Manager's perspective and offers some thoughts about what kind of Service might emerge after the Millennium.
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