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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-09-20, Page 25lea kr i Ai O It w, Iley, 'en; 11 one forth; vIrs. rich. e was Stiles Leon ..„ i in beare don g rneT. lixon, lichael ; anti FUL Hu Sept., Was 1901, aIn iller, 0 Vas a rich T, I until, 1965, two b ich a ch To 11e was ier 1 al Ho, arr offi in M wearers harles ler, 1 Fulle 1ower. v, Bru, Clinch' IiY 524., GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, BICPTICHWICR 20, 1071--PACM *A rOln the pulpit to the ,court room year old boy is in w'itb the law. The whom we will call Hans, aben into a cottage re along the Lake re of Huron County, transistor radio and apprehended by the was found in of the radio and brought to court. was iltv of break, enter and Before passing sentence asks that a presen- ' ft be drawn up for ideation of the case. Bill Craven, Probation for the County of first contact with any es with the compiling sentence report," Mr. explains. "Such a a long one, ..covering fight pages and involving tion on such subjects as nder's family, health, 1 background, home 'on and so on." report is then filed with rt. Copies go to the theCrown Attorney and or his representative. the offender it brought thecourt for sentencing he right, and the oppor- io question any of the tion put before the Mr. Crown's rdipt. judge 'sends Hans to ies of Mr. Craven's ill be forwarded to the ities there, If it is that he should be ad - to, a Psychiatric 1, copies of the report sent with him. If n is decided upon, and headministered outside ounty, copies go to the n Office of the County which probation is to inistered.- copies of the report go various departments of istrylin Toronto. nscase the judge sera, - him to an 18 month ded sentence with . Hans will be living ,• . ng Huron so a new dded to Bill Craven's theground floor of the County Court- House. 10 p.m. IcKEN 4 "Our cases usually run bet- ween one and two years," Mr. Craven explains. "At the moment we have eight juveniles, 51 men and three women under our jurisdict ion." Until very recently the Probation Offices of Ontario were responsible to the Attor- ney General's Department but this state of affairs has changed and probation is now a matter directed by the Ministry of Correctional Services with for- mer NHL hockey star Syl Apps as its head, , 4" Under the old system the Probation Officer dealt with matters involving juveniles., adults (men and women) family counselling and marital cases. No more. From January 1, 1974 a Probation Officer will deal only with adults or juveniles, and in addition he wilt handle cases of parole and temporary absence leaves from prison. A new officer is to be appoin- ted to handle the case.s.. in- volving juveniles., This officer will be responsible fir both the Counties of Huron and Perth and will have office space in the Huron Court House. Meanwhile, Bill Craven begins meeting once every two weeks with Hans. "Usually the court instructs the offender to report to his. probation officer about once 'every two weeks," the officer explains, "but there are varying lengths of time given. In one case I have rigIg•now the chap only comes ir once every four months." As with all the others Mr. Craven's discussions with Hans will cover a wide range of sub- jeots and last varying amounts of -4 i "We always discuss topics like a goal in life, alcohol and drugs, V.D.,. attitudes towards girl friends, the work situation, trade training, 'financial mat- ters and freedom," Mr. Craven explains. "The talk'might get off on a tangent from any of these subjects though." Is this talk really a therapy session? -Partly," Mr. Craven observes, "it's most common sense applied to everyday iu living." ,Last February Mr. Craven compiled a repOrt on crime in Huron County which produced some. interesting. results. The 12 page report is accom- panied by three graphs which show the school drop out rate, incidence of motor vehicle ac- cidents and the crime in- cidence, by age. In the case of the school drop out rate the,graph peaka sub- stantially at .the grades eight an nine. The motor vehicle ac- cident rate is again the highest at age16 and 17and the drime incidence peaks considerably higher between the ages of 16 and 18.' In the crime report Mr. Craven notes, "Living changes significantly through various stages in man's life, and because f these radical :hatlige7, the\ea is personality,", :hatg The time between age 16 and 18 represents a "state of high and intense emotionalism which can be appealed to through an emotional approach rather than through reason. yu'Whenone is dealing with Young men and women the en- tire ( approach between certain ronirol,Se Probation Officer Bill Craven explains that the regular meetings between himself and those the court, has Instructed to report to his office last varying lengths of time and cover a wide range of matters. "The talk might get off on a tangent from any of the topics though," he adds. The meetings, Mr. Craven says are not so much therapy sessions but mostly "Com- mon sense". (staff photo) WHAT'S NEW AT NURONVIEW 0..(JR.rip Agent for 24 -hr.. DEVELOPING vac 'nada 524 WARu rc ploo Several of the residents travelled by bus to Blyth on Saturday to attend the Threshers Reunion and all report a pleasant afternoon. The Christian Women's Club of South Huron who visited the Horne on the second Sunday evening of the month held a song service in the Chapel. The service was led by Mrs. Luther of Hensall accompanied ,at the organ by Mr. Luther. . Marie Flynn of Clinton, Mary Taylor, Norman Spier and Jerry Collins provided the music for Monday's activities with vocal solos by Morgan Dalton. • Sixty-five residents took ad- vantage of a special showing of the film "Sound of Music" at the Park Theatre, Goderich, on Wednesday -afternoon. A great,. - deal of credit is due to the manager John Lyndon and his staff for their many acts of kin- dness during the afternoon and in making it possible for the folks to see this fine show. Flowers were the theme for the "Family. Night" program this week sponsored by the Clinton Horticulttfrat Society. Harvey Howard, one of the Family Night volunteer; and an active member of the society, was chairman for the evening. Ted Davies showed colored slides taken during a visit to Holland as well as giving a very interesting com- mentary. He also showed plc - by Ron Shaw stages must differ from, and be at variance with their approach in other stages," the report suggests. In his report Mr. Craven also observes that 28 of the °flea- dirs were still in school while 187 of the offenders had left school. Only 13 of the total 225 had taken trade education. Mr. Craven notes that the "graphs on the last grade passed at school, crime in- cidence and accidents per 100 drivers, might appear to show a correlation betweeen the. ages of 16 to 18__ indicating that crime rate and educational background are closely akin. Particularly in the areas when the subject ceases education. "Whilst certain youths left school because they were men- tally incapable of handling school work, many left school because of a drop out men- tality." Hans stands about an 85% chance of completing his probationary period without further problems and of not ap- pearing again before a judge facing criminal charges. Only about 15% of the cases dealt with through the Huron Probation Office return to court to face charges a second time. "If they do though," Mr. Craven explains, "it is unlikely that they will go hack on the files of this office, they'll be given a prison sentence." As for the prison system Mr. Craven observes that they are making a good try to deal with "human beings". Speaking of the recent -Out- cries for prison reform Mr. Craven notes, "In all walks of life .you either progress or trt rogress.' ' "I believe they are making every effort to progress and at a good rate." Does a Probation Officer find his job frustrating? 'It's not as frustrating as the church," Mr. Craven observes. He was an ordained Anglican Church 'minister for 20 years prior to and after the Second World War. "I like the job," he adds. It's given me much satisfaction." 11 you have a good, clean copy of a form. cir- cular. catalogue page, or anything else you want reproduced. send 11 10 us for fast, con- venient duplicating. For more information and a special introductory offer. mail this ad with your name and address to us. (Sotch- tape the address label to the envelope). Don't delay - this is a limited introductory offer. Alt work guaranteed. 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