Alternatives To Imprisonment

Author : Anthony Bottoms,Sue Rex,Gwen Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134036547

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Alternatives to Prison by Anthony Bottoms,Sue Rex,Gwen Robinson Pdf

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. This book reports the results of the research programme commissioned by the Coulsfield Inquiry into Alternatives to Prison, which was funded by the Esmée Fairbairn 'Rethinking Crime and Punishment' initiative. It is written by leading authorities in the field, and provides a comprehensive, authoritative and wide-ranging review of the range of issues associated with the use of noncustodial sanctions, examining experiences in Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as England and Wales.

Author : Uglješa Zvekić,Anna Alvazzi del Frate
Publisher : Burnham, Incorporated
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : NWU:35556026914515

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Alternatives to Imprisonment in Comparative Perspective by Uglješa Zvekić,Anna Alvazzi del Frate Pdf

Author : Antony A. Vass
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043193197

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Alternatives to Prison by Antony A. Vass Pdf

An outline and critical appraisal of alternatives to custody, this book is written in response to escalating prison costs, severe overcrowding and rising recidivism rates. It assesses the validity of punishment in the community as a means of solving some of these problems.

Author : Dirk Van Zyl Smit,United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : UCBK:C104873017

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Handbook of Basic Principles and Promising Practices on Alternatives to Imprisonment by Dirk Van Zyl Smit,United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

Introduces the reader to the basic principles central to understanding alternatives to imprisonment as well as descriptions of promising practices implemented throughout the world. This handbook offers information about alternatives to imprisonment at various stages of the criminal justice process.

Author : Pat Carlen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015017938120

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Alternatives to Women's Imprisonment by Pat Carlen Pdf

Carlen (criminology, U. of Keele, UK) examines some of the fundamental issues concerning custodial and non-custodial penalties. She reports on existing provisions for women in England and Wales, innovative projects in other countries, and the impediments, both ideological and political, to reducing the female prison population. Finally, she outlines a strategy for the abolition of women's imprisonment. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : David C. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1565843894

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Sensible Justice by David C. Anderson Pdf

On any given day in America, more than 1.5 million people are locked up in state prisons and local jails, at costs that approach $20,000 per inmate each year. Crime and incarceration generate heated, but often contradictory, political debate; voters consider prisons the only real sanction for crime, but adamantly resist new taxes to pay for them. Sensible Justice explores creative solutions some states and cities nationwide have devised to tackle the prison problem.

Author : Angela Y. Davis
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781609801045

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Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis Pdf

With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. For generations of Americans, the abolition of slavery was sheerest illusion. Similarly,the entrenched system of racial segregation seemed to last forever, and generations lived in the midst of the practice, with few predicting its passage from custom. The brutal, exploitative (dare one say lucrative?) convict-lease system that succeeded formal slavery reaped millions to southern jurisdictions (and untold miseries for tens of thousands of men, and women). Few predicted its passing from the American penal landscape. Davis expertly argues how social movements transformed these social, political and cultural institutions, and made such practices untenable. In Are Prisons Obsolete?, Professor Davis seeks to illustrate that the time for the prison is approaching an end. She argues forthrightly for "decarceration", and argues for the transformation of the society as a whole.

Author : J. Junger-Tas
Publisher : Kugler Publications
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : 9062991114

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Alternatives to Prison Sentences by J. Junger-Tas Pdf

This report surveys and summarizes the literature on the use of alternative sanctions in 12 western countries with a particular focus on its effectiveness and efficiency.

Author : Stephen Stanley,Mary Baginsky
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015010854811

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Alternatives to Prison by Stephen Stanley,Mary Baginsky Pdf

Stephen Stanley and Mary Baginsky examine and evaluate the range of non-custodial sentences available to the courts, discussing their effectiveness, and exploring the often complex issues they raise. Drawing on a wide range research literature, this is both a clear and informative synthesis of thinking on a pressing problem and an important contribution to the wider debate about how society should deal with crime and criminals.

Author : A. E. Bottoms,Loraine Gelsthorpe,Sue Rex
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781903240496

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Community Penalties by A. E. Bottoms,Loraine Gelsthorpe,Sue Rex Pdf

Contributors in criminology, criminal justice, social policy, and law discuss possible future directions for community penalties, such as electronic tagging, supervised community service, and participation in a treatment or counseling program. They address challenges facing the delivery and development of community penalties, looking at the recent history of the field, cognitive behavioral approaches to changing offenders' behavior, compliance theory, the use of technology in community penalties, and the issue of public safety. Discussion takes place within a UK context, but is applicable to other countries. Material originated at the June 2000 24th Cropwood Round Table Conference. Bottoms teaches criminology at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Sheffield. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.

Author : David Fogel
Publisher : Office of International Criminal Justice
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015014942620

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On Doing Less Harm by David Fogel Pdf

Author : Calvert R. Dodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Correctional institutions
ISBN : UOM:39015056292371

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A Nation Without Prisons by Calvert R. Dodge Pdf

Author : James Austin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Community-based corrections
ISBN : OCLC:12037842

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The Unmet Promise of Alternatives to Incarceration by James Austin Pdf

Author : Ulla V. Bondeson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1351320084

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Alternatives to Imprisonment by Ulla V. Bondeson Pdf

"The detrimental effects of imprisonment have been documented and accepted in most western countries. As a result, alternatives to incarceration have been sought in the effort to reform the penal system. Although during the last thirty years several Nordic official committees have recommended a reduction in the use of jail sentences and an increase in other forms of punishment (i.e. fines and probation) in the hope of decreasing crime and rehabilitating criminals, incarceration rates have been going up in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Still, the interest in alternatives to imprisonment continues to grow, but few studies have actually been published that examine their effectiveness."--Provided by publisher.

Author : David Cayley
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0887846033

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The Expanding Prison by David Cayley Pdf

"The Expanding Prison is a provocative, cogent argument for prison reform. David Cayley argues that our overpopulated prisons are more reflective of a society that is becoming increasingly polarized than of an actual surge in crime. This book considers proven alternatives to imprisonment that emphasize settlement-oriented techniques over punishment, and move us towards a vision of justice as peace-making rather than one of vengeance."