Probation Officers

Strict educational requirements, again based on a wholly pakeha concept of 'education' exclude virtually all Maoris from the probation service. University Entrance is essential and the probation service prefers to take those with a Diploma of Social Science. This diploma can only be gained at Victoria University and cannot be gained by correspondence. The normal minimum age for the probation service is 24 years, but is lowered to 21 for those taking university degrees.