The probation system / by Cecil Leeson.

  • Leeson, Cecil.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The probation system / by Cecil Leeson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    good results in correcting defects both of character and surroundings. The Act provides also that probationers be subject to :— such conditions as the court may, having regard to the particular circumstances of the case, order to be inserted therein with respect to all or any of the following matters :— (a) for prohibiting the offender from asso- ciating with thieves and other undesirable per- sons, or from frequenting undesirable places ; (b) as to abstention from intoxicating liquor, where the offence was drunkenness or an offence committed under the influence of drink ; “ (c) generally for securing that the offender should lead an honest and industrious life.''1 The Act further provides that:— “ The court by which a probation order is made shall furnish to the offender a notice in 1 Two weaknesses in these conditions are (a) they give the court no power to say where the offender shall reside (see Chap. IV., p. 1x9), nor (b) do they permit the court to prohibit the use of intoxicants in cases where their use conduced to the offence, unless the offence actually were drunkenness or an offence committed under the influence of drink. These defects are removed by the Criminal Justice Administration Bill, which proposes to repeal (a), (b), and (c) above, and substitute the following :— “ A recognizance under this Act may contain such additional conditions with respect to residence, absten- tion from intoxicating liquor, and any other matters, as the court may, having regard to the particular circum- stances of the case, consider necessary for preventing a repetition of the same offence or the commission of other offences.”