Punishment in the Community: The Future of Criminal Justice

ISBN-13: 9780582293052 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 176 str.

Anne Worrall

Opis

This text discusses and analyzes punishments other than imprisonment, arguing that discipline in the community is effective, not only in relation to the other of prison, but also as a form of social control in its own right, which is based on self-government and normalizing instruction.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One - The Principles and Politics of Community Punishment

1. Introducing Community Punishment

2. From Alternatives to Custody to Punishment in the Community

3. The Criminal Justice Act 1991 and its Demise

4. Constructing the Punishing Community. 

Part Two - The Changing Role of the Probation Service

5. From 'Advise, Assist and Befriend' to 'Confront, Control and Monitor'

6. Taking the 'Social' out of Inquiry Reports

7. Demanding but not Degrading? The Appeal of Community Service

8. From Counselling to Instruction: the Development of 'Help' in Probation Discourse

9. Unacceptable Crimes or Unacceptable Criminals? Sex Offenders

10. Unacceptable Crimes or Unacceptable Criminals? Juvenile Delinquents

11. The Future of Punishment in the Community

Conclusion: Seeing Custody as the Alternative

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Anne Worrall is Professor of Criminology at Keele University, UK.