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`People first: Probation officer perspectives on probation work' — A practitioner's response

South Wales Probation Trust, jon.matthews{at}south-wales.probation.gsi.gov.uk

This article is a response to Jill Annison, Tina Eadie and Charlotte Knight's article `People First: Probation officer perspectives on probation work' published in the September 2008 edition of Probation Journal. The authors compared three studies that explored the reasons why individuals chose probation as a career, the views and experiences of staff at a range of levels of experience, and the career trajectories of DipPS graduates. The article argued that individuals enter probation in order to work with people and that this element of the work continues to provide the most satisfaction for staff.

Key Words: anti-discriminatory practice • bureaucratization of practice • casework relationships • training

Probation Journal, Vol. 56, No. 1, 61-67 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0264550509102653


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