Evaluation of community payback orders, criminal justice social work reports and the presumption against short sentences / Simon Anderson... [et all]
Idioma: Inglês.País: Reino Unido.Publicação: Edimburgo : Scottish Government by APS Group Scotland, 2015Descrição física: vi, 154 p.; 30 cmColeção: Social Research SeriesISBN: 978-1-78544-059-5ISSN: 2045-6964Assunto: JUSTIÇA CRIMINAL | PENAS PECUNIÁRIAS | PENAS CURTAS DE PRISÃO | RELATÓRIOS SOCIAIS | RELATÓRIO, REINO UNIDO CDU: 343.8 Localização e Cota : 343.8AND Resumo: As part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to ‘a coherent penal policy that uses prison for serious and dangerous offenders but deals with lower-risk offenders in the community’ (Scottish Government, 2007, p.1), three related reforms were introduced in early 2011: Community Payback Orders (CPOs), the Presumption Against Short Sentences (PASS) and Criminal Justice Social Work Reports (CJSWRs). Together, these were intended to contribute to a more effective and publicly acceptable system of community disposals, to provide a credible alternative to short sentences and, in turn, to contribute to a reduction in ‘churn’ in the prison population.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Monografias | Biblioteca da Direção-Geral de Reinserção e Serviços Prisionais | 343.8AND (Browse shelf) | 9619 | Available | DGRSP9619 |
As part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to ‘a coherent penal policy that uses prison for serious and dangerous offenders but deals with lower-risk offenders in the community’ (Scottish Government, 2007, p.1), three related reforms were introduced in early 2011: Community Payback Orders (CPOs), the Presumption Against Short Sentences (PASS) and Criminal Justice Social Work Reports (CJSWRs). Together, these were intended to contribute to a more effective and publicly acceptable system of community disposals, to provide a credible alternative to short sentences and, in turn, to contribute to a reduction in ‘churn’ in the prison population.
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