Irish Probation Journal Journal Probation Irish ISSN 1649-639X Irish Probation Journal Volume 5Volume 2008 September Providing a forum for sharing theory and practice, increasing co-operation and learning between the two jurisdictions and developing debate about work with offenders. Volume 5 September 2008 Irish Probation Journal General Information & Guidelines for Contributors IPJ, a joint initiative of the PS and the PBNI, Originality: Submissions will be considered on Providing a forum for sharing theory and practice, increasing co-operation and learning aims to: the understanding that they are original papers between the two jurisdictions and developing debate about work with offenders. ● Provide a forum for sharing good theory and that have not been published or accepted for practice, increasing co-operation and learning publication elsewhere. 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Contents Editorial 3 Address by Brian Lenihan TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 5 Address by Paul Goggins MP, Minister for Criminal Justice 8 A View from the Bench 14 ROISIN MULDOON Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 20 ROSEMARY BAILIE Social Work:The Core Qualification of Probation Officers in Northern Ireland 23 PAUL DORAN and LOUISE COOPER A Country-Wide Approach to Increasing Programme Effectiveness is Possible: Oregon’s Experience with the Correctional Program Checklist 36 TOM O’CONNOR, BILL SAWYER and JEFF DUNCAN From Research to Practice: The Development of the Internet Sex Offender Treatment Programme (i-SOTP) 49 DAVID MIDDLETON The COPINE Project 65 ETHEL QUAYLE A Risk Assessment and Risk Management Approach to Sexual Offending for the Probation Service 84 GERALDINE O’DWYER The Experience of Young People Remanded in Custody: A Case for Bail Support and Supervision Schemes 91 SINEAD FREEMAN 1 2 Contents Irish Probation Journal:Your Views 103 JEAN O’NEILL Book Reviews 105 IRISH PROBATION JOURNAL Volume 5, September 2008 Editorial Volume 4 of the IPJ (2007) reflected on the centenary of the Probation of Offenders Act 1907, examining aspects of the history of probation and some of the issues it currently faces. Since then, both the Probation Service and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland have held major functions to celebrate the centenary and we incorporate the texts of key addresses given by the Minister for Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) and by the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Republic of Ireland) in this volume. Nowadays all service providers are expected to elicit customer feedback and it is encouraging to note that these speeches communicate a high level of stakeholder satisfaction with the probation services across the island of Ireland. An overview of the development of probation in the Republic (up to 1972) was included in last year’s journal, and we plan to carry the second half of the story (up to recent times) next year, along with a corresponding outline of how probation developed in Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, criminal justice systems continue to evolve and new approaches bring changes to the functioning of, and indeed the role played by, probation one hundred years on. Such developments are illustrated in many of the contributions to this volume, particularly the article on the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 highlighting the significant changes involved for probation. Other articles examine, for example, programmes for sex offenders, the experience of young people remanded in custody with some implications for how probation can help, and the value of social work skills in probation work. Looking further afield, this volume also features an article on the state-wide implementation of ‘what works’ criteria for programmes in Oregon in the United States. Last year we asked for your feedback on the IPJ, and a report on the completed questionnaires is included in this volume. We are grateful to all those who took the time to contribute to this survey. It seems the 3 4 Editorial content of the journal is well received by our readers, who are to be found in many parts of the world. The Editorial Committee wishes to express its thanks to the two probation agencies for their support