Community penalties are punishments that, in the courts'
sentencing tariff, come between imprisonment and fines. They
include electronic tagging, supervised unpaid work, and compulsory
participation by offenders in treatment programmes.
Recent years have seen many changes in England in the field of
community penalties. These have included the rapid development of
accredited offending behaviour programmes, and some new court
orders such as the Referral Order for juveniles, based on the
principles of restorative justice. Organisationally, too, the year
2001 sees a major change with the establishment of the National
Probation Service for England and Wales.
Community Penalties: change and challenges addresses the key issues
facing community penalties at this critical time. Topics covered
include the recent history of community penalties, partnership
work, cognitive behavioural approaches to changing offenders'
behaviour (and the need to look beyond these), compliance theory,
accountability to the public and to the victim, accommodating
difference and diversity in the delivery of community penalties,
the use of technology in community penalties, and community
penalties and issues of public safety.
Community Penalties: change and challenges brings together many
leading authors in this field. Together, they provide an
authoritative review of a vital field of public policy.
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