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