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Date(s)
- 1932-1984 (Creation)
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10.08 linear metres
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Biographical history
The first Probation Officers were appointed in 1907 under the Probation of Offenders Act 1907. In the 1920s it became a requirement for courts to appoint a Probation Officer. Female Probation Officers were first introduced in the 1950s. In 1972 Community Service was brought in as an alternative sentencing option to prison. Hostels (now called Approved Premises) were introduced to increase public protection and supervision of dangerous offenders in the 1980s. In 2001 Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) were introduced, so that probation, police, prisons and other agencies can work together to manage dangerous offenders in the community. In 2004 the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) was formed by merging HM Prison Service and the National Probation Service.
London Probation has been protecting the public and rehabilitating offenders in London since 2001. Before then, five separate organisations provided probation services in London on a regional basis;
South West London Probation Service
South East London Probation Service
North East London Probation Service
Inner London Probation Service
Middlesex Probation Service
The merger in 2001 brought together all five organisations so that London Probation now provides probation services to the whole of London.
Source: http://www.london-probation.org.uk/about_us/history.aspx (Accessed June 2009).
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MXPC 1932-1984 Collection 10.08 linear metres Middlesex Area Probation Service
Middlesex County Probation Committee
The first Probation Officers were appointed in 1907 under the Probation of Offenders Act 1907. In the 1920s it became a requirement for courts to appoint a Probation Officer. Female Probation Officers were first introduced in the 1950s. In 1972 Community Service was brought in as an alternative sentencing option to prison. Hostels (now called Approved Premises) were introduced to increase public protection and supervision of dangerous offenders in the 1980s. In 2001 Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) were introduced, so that probation, police, prisons and other agencies can work together to manage dangerous offenders in the community. In 2004 the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) was formed by merging HM Prison Service and the National Probation Service.
London Probation has been protecting the public and rehabilitating offenders in London since 2001. Before then, five separate organisations provided probation services in London on a regional basis;
South West London Probation Service
South East London Probation Service
North East London Probation Service
Inner London Probation Service
Middlesex Probation Service
The merger in 2001 brought together all five organisations so that London Probation now provides probation services to the whole of London.
Source: http://www.london-probation.org.uk/about_us/history.aspx (Accessed June 2009).
Records received in multiple accessions in 1987, 1998 and 2001 (ACC/2587, B98/153, B01/054).
Records of the Area Probation Service, 1946-1984, including minutes and files of the Probation and After Care Committee relating to probation officers, staff appointments and personnel management, Home Office circulars, Court building programme, after-care hostels, approved probation hostels, bail hostels and community service. Also papers of the Petty Sessional Division, 1932-1982.
Records of the County Probation Committee, 1939-1969, including minute books, Staff Sub-Committee minute books, and Committee papers.
Please note that access to these files may be restricted.
MXPC/01: Area Probation Service; MXPC/02: County Probation Committee.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Copyright: Depositor
English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Probation officers Attitudes Attitude change Rehabilitation (social offenders) Government Public administration Health services administration Organization and administration Personnel management People People by occupation Personnel Legal profession personnel Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Housing provision Hostels Social welfare Probation Government personnel Probation services Law enforcement Social control, formal Sociology Middlesex Area Probation Service Middlesex County Probation Committee London England UK Western Europe Middlesex Europe Housing policy
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Records received in multiple accessions in 1987, 1998 and 2001 (ACC/2587, B98/153, B01/054).
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Records of the Area Probation Service, 1946-1984, including minutes and files of the Probation and After Care Committee relating to probation officers, staff appointments and personnel management, Home Office circulars, Court building programme, after-care hostels, approved probation hostels, bail hostels and community service. Also papers of the Petty Sessional Division, 1932-1982.
Records of the County Probation Committee, 1939-1969, including minute books, Staff Sub-Committee minute books, and Committee papers.
Please note that access to these files may be restricted.
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MXPC/01: Area Probation Service; MXPC/02: County Probation Committee.
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Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Copyright: Depositor
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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- Attitudes
- Attitudes » Attitude change
- Government
- Government » Public administration
- Personnel management
- Personnel
- Construction engineering
- Construction engineering » Building design
- Construction engineering » Building design » Building standards
- Housing
- Social welfare
- Law enforcement
- Sociology
- Housing » Housing policy
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English