My colleague, Martin Seddon, who has died aged 78, was an innovative probation officer. Later he was an international consultant and adviser on criminal justice reform in eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Martin played a key role in developing alternative sanctions in eastern Europe. He persuaded leaders in the justice sector that reform and rehabilitation of offenders, through community-based programmes, is more effective than incarceration. He worked principally in Russia and Ukraine, but he also spent time in Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Romania, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
