... investigation, detection, prosecution and court procedures'. (Web page, National Probation Service, 03/07/05). During the early 19th Century, it was common practise for magistrates to commit young offenders into the care of suitable and willing employers. It has been argued that this practice heralded foundations on which the probation service was built. More developments in the middle of the 19th Century saw the extension of the jurisdiction of the magistrate's court and because of moral panic about the extent of drunkenness and drink related offences two Church of England Temperance Society officers were appointed to work within some of the London Courts. 1887 saw the Probation of First Offenders Act passed which introduced the concept of probation; however, it was not until 20 years later however, with the Probation of Offenders Act 1907 that a recognizable form of probation was implemented and there are still many key tasks and issues from that period ...

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