The role of the probation officer

Paper instructions : Artefact 1: essay 1500 words (+/- 10%) Choose ONE of the following questions: 1. Critically analyse the role of the probation officer in multi-agency responses to complex needs 2. Critically analyse the effectiveness of the probation services in promoting equality in responding to protected characteristics (discuss with reference to ONE of the following: Age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief sex and sexual orientation). 3. Critically analyse the impact of “punitive managerialism” (Pycroft 2019: 36*) on outcomes from probation practice *Pycroft A (2019) ‘From a trained incapacity to professional resistance in criminal justice’ in A. Pycroft and D. Gough (eds) Multi-agency working in criminal justice: Theory policy and practice. Bristol. Policy Press: 25-40 The advice for this assignment is to write succinctly yet detailed in relation to your arguments. If you were to choose age as an example you my wish to discuss how the probation practices can promote equality to specifically young people or to what extent probation practices leads to disadvantages of this age group. You do not need to discuss all age ethnic or disability groups so it might be easier to focus on particular ones youve been reading about in the literature to structure a response. The guidelines are:  You will write 1500 words (+/- 10%)  The assignment needs to be succinct but as detailed as possible (Winston Churchill once wrote to a colleague and apologised for the length of the letter saying that he did not have time to write a shorter one!!)  You need to engage with the topic to demonstrate critical analysis awareness of the debates therein.  This is not a reflective report but a review of research and literature.  Your assignment need to be fully referenced and you only require one reference list for all three entries reference has to be APA7 Requirements: 1500