There may be. When courts use a probation order in one of its various forms, or a community service order, they are always very careful to relate their sentence both to the seriousness of the offence and the notion of the risk to the public. They will seek the assistance of the Probation Service in making that assessment, if they are in any doubt, through a presentence report by the service. The courts would generally say that they would only use community disposals if they were satisfied that there is no undue risk to the public. It does sometimes occur that factors, not known to the court, emerge subsequently.
People meet new situations.
In those circumstances we do encounter situations where the dangerousness or the risk element is greater than had been seen at the time of the sentence. So you do encounter that situation, yes. It is relatively infrequent. The Home Secretary in July announced a review of the work of the Probation and Prison Services, and hoped that they could work more effectively together. The senior people from the Prison and Probation Services were meeting last Thursday and Friday together, in a parallel series of discussion in relation to that work.