| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 436 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
How did we get here / the editors -- Trends in crime, victimisation and punishment / Chris Lewis -- Empirical research relevant to sentencing frameworks / Anthony Bottoms -- Public opinion and community penalties / Shadd Maruna and Anna King -- Punishment as communication / Sue Rex -- Diversionary and non-supervisory approaches to dealing with offenders / George Mair -- Reparative and restorative approaches / Gill McIvor -- Rehabilitative and reintegrative approaches / Peter Raynor -- Electronic monitoring and the community supervision of offenders / Mike Nellis -- Dealing with substance -misusing offenders in the community / Judith Rumgay -- Intensive projects for prolific/persistent offenders / Anne Worrall and Rob C. Mawby -- What guides sentencing decisions? / Martin Wasik -- Sentence management / Gwen Robinson and James Dignan -- Dimensions of difference / Hazel Kemshall, Rob Canton and Roy Bailey -- Attitudes to punishment in two high-crime communities / Anthony Bottoms and Andrew Wilson -- Pulling some threads together / the editors. |
| Summary |
"The book will be essential reading not only for government policy makers and criminal justice practitioners but for anybody with a professional or academic interest in prison, probation and the nature of society's response to wrongdoing."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Alternatives to imprisonment.
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Alternatives to imprisonment. |
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Alternatives to imprisonment -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bottoms, Anthony E., 1939-
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Rex, Sue.
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Robinson, Gwen, 1969-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alternatives to prison. Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2004 1843921049 (DLC) 2005280351 (OCoLC)56643163 |
| ISBN |
9781134036479 (electronic book) |
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1134036477 (electronic book) |
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9781843925743 (electronic book) |
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1843925745 (electronic book) |
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1843921049 |
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9781843921042 |
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