02054     2200253   4500001000700000011001400007090001100021100004100032101000800073102000700081200015000088330102600238461007801264606001401342606002401356606003101380675001001411700002201421701002801443701019201471801001201663852001301675995011201688408825  a1462-4745  a408825  a20240906d        kkky0pory50      ba  aeng  aGB  aHave community sanctions and measures widened the net of the European criminal justice systems?fMarcelo F. Aebi, Natalia Delgrande, Yann Marguet  aAnalysing the evolution of imprisonment and community sanctions in Europe from 1990 to 2010 this article tests whether community sanctions have been used as alternatives to imprisonment or as supplementary sanctions. The results show that both the number of persons serving community sanctions and the number of inmates have continuously increased in almost all European countries during the period studied. A comparison with the evolution of crime rates shows that the latter cannot explain such trends and suggests that, instead of being alternatives to imprisonment, community sanctions have contributed to widening the net of the European criminal justice systems. The analyses also show a wide diversity in the use of community sanctions across Europe where, in 2010, the ratio between inmates and persons serving community sanctions varied from 2:1 to 1:3. In a comparative perspective, Finland, Norway and Switzerland seem to have found a reasonable balance between the use of imprisonment and community sanctions.  cLondond2015pp. 575-597tPunishment & Societyvvol. 17, nº 5x1462-4745  aPROBATION  aPENAS NA COMUNIDADE  aPENAS ALTERNATIVASyEUROPA  a343.8  aAebibMarcelo F.   4070aDELGRANDEbNatalia  4070aMarguetbYann cPhD candidate and research assistant at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His areasresearch encompass probation, community sanctions and measures, prosecution   aPTgRCP  j343.8AEB  104343_000000000000000_8AEB52024-09-06696249480381aDGRSPcDGRSPfDGRSP9624k343.8AEBn2024-09-06o0rAP