Abstract
Participants at the seminar arrived at a consensual statement of a definition and functions of probation and the current objectives with which probation officers are concerned. Additionally, two resolutions were carried unanimously.
Canberra, 8-12 December 1980
Contents
- Summary
M.A. Kingshott
Papers of the seminar
- The problems and opportunities of modern probation
W. Clifford - The myth of consent in probation
I. Potas - Innovations in probation
D. Murray - Problems with probation as an alternative to imprisonment
D. O'Connor
Background papers
- Probation in Australia
C.R. Bevan - Probation as an alternative to imprisonment
Probation and Parole Officers' Association of New South Wales - Probation and parole in South Australia
R.M. Durant - Probation in Northern Territory
D.K. Owston
- Participants list