The last twenty five years have seen dramatic rises in the prison
populations of most industrialised nations. Unable to keep up with
increased numbers of convicted offenders, governments and criminal
justice systems have been seeking new ways to control and punish
offenders. One sanction adopted in Canada and some parts of Europe
and the US is community custody which attempts to recreate the
punitive nature of prison but without incarceration. This book
analyzes the effectiveness of this approach and explores its
implications for offenders and society as a whole. It demonstrates
that if properly conceived and administered, community custody can
reduce the number of prison admissions and at the same time promote
multiple goals of sentencing. So that offenders given community
custody orders are punished yet also given the opportunity to
change their lives in ways that would be impossible if they were in
prison. Julian V. Roberts has been working in the area of
sentencing and public opinion for over twenty years. He is Editor
of The Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice and has
written and co-edited ten books.
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