ADVISE, ASSIST AND BEFRIEND - A HISTORY OF THE PROBATION AND AFTER-CARE SERVICE

• NCJ Number: 14818
• Author(s): F V JARVIS
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 73 pages
• Corporate Author: National Assoc of Probation Officers
• Sale Source: National Assoc of Probation Officers
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

THE SOCIAL AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROBATION AND AFTERCARE SERVICES IN BRITAIN IS TRACED FROM ITS ORIGINS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY TO ITS PRESENT-DAY FORMS.

Abstract

THE RELIGIOUS AND HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS WHICH LED TO THE FIRST PROBATION MODEL IN ENGLAND ARE DETAILED. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE EARLIER DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES, FROM 1876 TO THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED.