Download or read book The Convict Probation System written by Ian Brand and published by Hobart, Tas. : Blubber Head Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the probation system of convict discipline developed from the ideas of British penal reformers. Also studied is C J La Trobe's 1847 report on its operation, published here in its entirety for the first time, and a private report on the probation station at Darlington, Maria Island. The book is published posthumously.