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Probation Activities

Proper punishment of offenders in the community

One vital aspect of the probation service's work is to ensure that offenders are punished appropriately and that this punishment therefore provides a sufficient deterrent to reoffending, thus protecting the public against such actions and enabling safer communities.

Each year the Probation Service begins the supervision of more than 170,000 offenders, nationally. Male offenders make up nearly 90% of this figure.

The average age of those under court order supervision is 30, with 25% of all offenders supervised aged 23 or under. About 9% of those on supervision are from minority ethnic groups.

Your local probation office aims to: protect the public; ensure that offenders are aware of the effects of crime on victims and others; ensure the proper punishment of offenders in the community; reduce re-offending and rehabilitate offenders.

  • To protect the public
  • To reduce re-offending
  • Proper punishment of offenders in the community
  • Ensuring offenders' awareness of the effects of crime on the victims of crime and the public
  • The rehabilitation of offenders

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