Social justice work and terrorism
Probation officers are required to provide support to those suspected or convicted of terrorism. A survey carried out in probation services in the French-speaking areas in Belgium shows that these cases are changing probation officers’ activities : they must now deal with a multiplicity of new and more intense working relationships, particularly those involving the security and intelligence services. Information management is at the heart of this new activity, an unprecedented change given that social justice work has always involved trying to maintain a balance between aid and control.