Alternatives to Prison

Herausgeber: Bottoms, Anthony; Robinson, Gwen; Rex, Sue

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Produktbeschreibung

As the UK and many other western societies face up to the consequences of a rapidly increasing prison population, so the search for alternative approaches to punishment and dealing with offenders has become an increasingly urgent priority for government policy and society as a whole.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9781843921042
• ISBN-10: 1843921049
• Artikelnr.: 24976744

Autorenporträt

Anthony Bottoms, Sue Rex, Gwen Robinson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. How Did We Get Here? 2. Trends in Crime, Victimisation and
Punishment 3. Empirical Research Relevant to Sentencing Frameworks 4.
Public Opinion and Community Penalties 5. Punishment as Communication 6.
Diversionary and Nonsupervisory Approaches to Dealing with Offenders 7.
Reparative and Restorative Approaches 8. Rehabilitative and Reintegrative
Approaches 9. Electronic Monitoring and the Community Supervision of
Offenders 10. Dealing with Substance-misusing Offenders in the Community
11. Intensive Projects for Prolific/Persistent Offenders 12. What Guides
Sentencing Decisions? 13. Sentence Management 14. Dimensions of Difference
15. Attitudes to Punishment in Two High-crime Communities 16. Pulling some
threads together