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C/L/917. Efficiency and cost-effectiveness of community sentences

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2012
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The paper examines the advantages of community sentences over custodial sentences providing definitions of community sentences as an alternative to custody, considering the effects of community penalty on recidivism, and arguing whether community sentences meet humanitarian criteria. The effectiveness of community-based penalties is questioned.

 

KEYWORDS: community sentences, custodial sentences, penalty, recidivism,

 
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