This paper considers the implications for the British probation service of new penological demands being made of it by Government. Three relevant political trends are identified. It is concluded that if in spite of ideological disagreement, the service extends its traditional professional concerns to include engagement in relevant issues of contemporary politics, there is hitherto unimaginable scope for it to help shape the criminal justice agenda of the future.
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Yale Univ, Jackson Inst Global Affairs, POB 208206, New Haven, CT 06520 USAYale Univ, Jackson Inst Global Affairs, POB 208206, New Haven, CT 06520 USA