Community Penalties Change And Challenges University Of Cambridge Institute Of Criminology by University Of Cambridge. Institute Of Criminology 9781903240496, 9781843924296, 1903240492, 1843924293 instant download after payment.

Community penalties are punishments that, in the courts' sentencing tariff, come between imprisonment and fines. They include electronic tagging, supervised unpaid work, and compulsory participation by offenders in treatment programmes. Recent years have seen many changes in England in the field of community penalties. These have included the rapid development of accredited offending behaviour programmes, and some new court orders such as the Referral Order for juveniles, based on the principles of restorative justice. Organisationally, too, the year 2001 sees a major change with the establish. Read more... Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 Introduction: the contemporary scene for community penalties; 2 Community penalties in historical perspective; 3 Community penalties in the context of contemporary social change; 4 Beyond cognitive-behaviourism? Reflections on the effectiveness literature; 5 Compliance and community penalties; 6 Making 'What Works' work: challenges in the delivery of community penalties; 7 Accountability in the delivery of community penalties: to whom, for what, and why?; 8 Accountability: difference and diversity in the delivery of community penalties. 9 Technology and the future of community penalties10 Community penalties and social intergration: 'community as solution and as problem; 11 What future for 'public safety' and 'restorative justice' in a system of community penalties?; 12 Concluding reflections; Appendix: Key conclusions; Index