| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 80 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Criminal justice handbook series
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Criminal justice handbook series.
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| Note |
"United Nations publication sales no. E.07. XI.2"--Title page verso. |
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"April 2007"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Introducing alternatives to imprisonment -- 1.1. Why consider alternatives to imprisonment -- 1.2. What is to be done? -- 1.3. Who should develop the strategy to alternatives to imprisonment? -- 1.4. Potential challenges -- 1.5. Role of the United Nations -- 2. Limiting the criminal justice system's reach -- 2.1. Decriminalization -- 2.2. Diversion -- 2.3. Who should act? -- 3. Pre-trial, pre-conviction and pre-sentencing processes -- 3.1. General -- 3.2. Alternatives to pre-trial detention -- 3.3. Considerations in implementing alternatives to pre-trial detention -- 3.4. Infrastructure requirements for alternatives to pre-trial detention -- 3.5 Who should act? -- 4. Sentencing and alternative punishments -- 4.1. Sentencing -- 4.2. Possible alternatives to sentences of imprisonment -- 4.3. Specific non-custodial sentences -- 4.4. Infrastructure requirements for sentencing alternatives -- 4.5. Choosing alternatives to imprisonment at the sentencing stage -- 4.6. Who should act? -- 5. Early release -- 5.1. Forms of early release -- 5.2. Early release: concerns and responses -- 5.3. Early release on compassionate grounds -- 5.4. Conditional release and its administrative infrastructure -- 5.5. Who should act? -- 6. Special categories -- 6.1. General -- 6.2. Children -- 6.3. Drug offenders -- 6.4. Mental illness -- 6.5. Women -- 6.6. Over-represented groups -- 7. Toward a coherent strategy -- 7.1. Knowledge base -- 7.2. Political initiatives -- 7.3. Legislative reform -- 7.4. Infrastructure and resources -- 7.5. Net-widening -- 7.6. Monitoring -- 7.7. Promotion of alternatives -- 7.8. Media and alternatives to imprisonment -- 7.9. Justice and equality -- Conclusion. |
| 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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Criminals -- Rehabilitation.
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Criminals -- Rehabilitation. |
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Community-based corrections.
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Community-based corrections. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
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| Added Title |
Alternatives to imprisonment |
| Note |
At head of title: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Van Zyl Smit, Dirk. Handbook of basic principles and promising practices on alternatives to imprisonment. New York : United Nations, 2007 9789211482201 9211482208 (OCoLC)170034612 |
| ISBN |
9781429498029 (electronic book) |
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1429498021 (electronic book) |
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