What Communities and Victims can expect from the Probation Service
The Probation Service will:
- when working with offenders, seek to challenge the offending behaviour and its consequences for you;
- ensure that offenders continue to address any issue of lifestyle or attitude that have contributed to their offences against you;
- have due regard to your concerns when preparing reports on offenders for the courts;
- when requested by the courts, assist in the preparation of victim impact statements;
- ensure that any proposed community-based programmes are sensitive to your concerns and are designed to prevent re-offending;
- direct restitution to you when compensation is made a condition of the supervision of offenders.
