On Tuesday 25th June 2013, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 16th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture. The lecture was delivered by Professor Paul Senior, Director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice in Sheffield. Professor Senior spoke on the topic "Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?". The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Probation Chiefs' Association, the Clarke Hall Fund, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, and the late Hugh Sanders OBE.