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This paper examines critically the concept of social diagnosis as it operated in the English probation system from the 1930s to the 1960s. It has a particular focus on probation officers9 social enquiry reports for the criminal courts as best exemplifying the diagnostic ideal in action, and illustrative examples of such reports are produced for each of the four decades.
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