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English Probation System and the Diagnostic Ideal

NCJ Number
103402
Journal
Howard Journal Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Dated: (November 1986) Pages: 240-260
Author(s)
W McWilliams
Date Published
1986
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This paper examines critically the concept of social diagnosis as it operated in the English probation system from the 1930's to the 1960's.
Abstract
It has a particular focus on probation officers' social enquiry reports for the criminal courts as best exemplifying the diagnostic ideal in action, and illustrative examples of such reports are produced for each of the four decades. (Author abstract)

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