00990nam a2200133   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000810005533005720013646100590070860600600076770000190082785200100084614772  a20010326u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aWhat worked? a five year study of probationers' reconvictionsfMark Oldfield  aDespite claims that prison 'works', incapacitating offenders whilst performing no worse than community sentences in terms of reconviction rates, a follow-up study of the reoffending of all offenders placed on probation in Kent in 1991 demonstrates the positive impact of supervision upon subsequent offending patterns and the negative effects of previous custodial sentences. Mark Oldfield,Research Officer in Kent Probation Service, analyses the complexity of the findings and suggests that provide a sustainable argument for the increased use of community penalties  vV.44,n.1dMar. 1997pp.2-10tProbation JournalcLondon  aREINCIDÊNCIA  EFEITOS DAS PENAS  DADOS ESTATÍSTICOS  aOLDFIELDbMark  jP.105