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Rural Probation Work: Isolation or Autonomy?

Rural probation work has been largely ignored by academic researchers. This article is based on interviews with probation staff who were appointed to rural mid‐Wales between the 1950s and 1980s. It shows that, contrary to the assumption that isolation is problematic, they enjoyed the autonomy and responsibility that rural work offered. They were proud to have contributed to a service which, in their view, held to traditional values and had lessons to offer to probation work as a whole. The article concludes that practice in small communities and non‐urban locations can be demonstrably effective and even sometimes advanced.