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John Scott, is lead probation manager for the implementation of offender management, Ministry of Justice, United Kingdom, and president of the European Probation Conference. This article is based on a speech given by Mr. Scott to the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo for the seminar on New Penal, Social and Health Challenges, August 22, 2007. It examines the concept of probation in the European criminal justice context, the origins of probation, and the direction of its journey into the 21st century. Scott poses the following questions to examine how probation needs to deliver modern and effective sentences for the community: What are the origins of probation? What does the community want from probation? What do we know about effective practice? About programs and supervision? What direction should probation take? What is the future of probation?

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Affiliations:  1: U.K. Ministry of Justice.