Victim enquiries are set to become an established feature of good through-care practice, despite the ambivalence that many staff still feel about this kind of direct involvement with victims and their families. Peter Johnston, Senior Probation Officer responsible for victim enquiries in part of West Yorkshire, details the provisions of Probation Circular 61/1995: Probation Service Contact with Victims, addresses some areas of ambiguity and commends West Yorkshire's approach using specialist staff.
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