This research report reviews the range of alternatives to custody across the UK, from bail, through community sanctions and probation, to early release from prison. It contains detailed statistical and qualitative information on the available alternatives to custody and their use since 2000. The report was produced as part of an EU funded study comparing alternatives to custody in 8 EU member states
Determining the factors which make a difference between a custodial sentence and a community penalty...
Criminal sentencing is a complex cognitive activity often performed by the unaided mind under subopt...
The range of initiatives being introduced by the Scottish Government and national and local partner ...
England and Wales have some of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world. Recent policy...
Prison numbers in the UK are at record levels and continue to rise. The rise in prison numbers has l...
‘Examining the comparative use, experience, and outcomes of community service orders as alternatives...
Background: In Ireland, under the Criminal Justice (Community Service) 1983 Act, a community service...
Ireland’s highly discretionary sentencing system provides a rare opportunity to study the behaviour ...
This book represents the main output of the research project titled “Prison overcrowding and alterna...
Prison numbers have risen across the UK over the last decade despite a reduction in crime rates. Yet...
There has been considerable recent debate about overcrowding in UK prisons. The system is struggling...
For decades we have imagined that if only community alternatives to imprisonment could be sold as mo...
With prisons in the UK reaching full capacity, and with similar trends in other European countries a...
Day Reporting Centres as an alternative to prison have become a feature of the Criminal Justice Syst...
On 4 April 2005 two new sentences for adults aged 18 and above became available to the courts in Eng...
Determining the factors which make a difference between a custodial sentence and a community penalty...
Criminal sentencing is a complex cognitive activity often performed by the unaided mind under subopt...
The range of initiatives being introduced by the Scottish Government and national and local partner ...
England and Wales have some of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world. Recent policy...
Prison numbers in the UK are at record levels and continue to rise. The rise in prison numbers has l...
‘Examining the comparative use, experience, and outcomes of community service orders as alternatives...
Background: In Ireland, under the Criminal Justice (Community Service) 1983 Act, a community service...
Ireland’s highly discretionary sentencing system provides a rare opportunity to study the behaviour ...
This book represents the main output of the research project titled “Prison overcrowding and alterna...
Prison numbers have risen across the UK over the last decade despite a reduction in crime rates. Yet...
There has been considerable recent debate about overcrowding in UK prisons. The system is struggling...
For decades we have imagined that if only community alternatives to imprisonment could be sold as mo...
With prisons in the UK reaching full capacity, and with similar trends in other European countries a...
Day Reporting Centres as an alternative to prison have become a feature of the Criminal Justice Syst...
On 4 April 2005 two new sentences for adults aged 18 and above became available to the courts in Eng...
Determining the factors which make a difference between a custodial sentence and a community penalty...
Criminal sentencing is a complex cognitive activity often performed by the unaided mind under subopt...
The range of initiatives being introduced by the Scottish Government and national and local partner ...