RT Article
T1 Living in the shadow of prison. Lessons from the Canadian experience in decarceration
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 44
IS 1
SP 92
OP 112
A1 Roberts, Julian V.
A1 Gabor, Thomas
A2 Gabor, Thomas
LA English
YR 2004
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639316876
AB A number of jurisdictions, including England and Wales, have recently experienced rising prison populations and this has renewed the search for fresh alternatives to incarceration. Following the recommendations of the Home Office Sentencing Review of 2001, the Criminal Justice Bill 2002 contains a suspended term of imprisonment, which is a form of conditional sentence for England and Wales. Although conditional sentences of various kinds exist in many Western nations, the Canadian experience carries the most lessons for other jurisdictions. A conditional sentence of imprisonment designed to replace actual terms of custody was introduced in 1996. The offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, but discharges the sentence while living in the community, under supervision. As long as they comply with a number of conditions, offenders serving conditional sentences will not actually spend any time in a correctional institution. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of this sanction to date. Results indicate that the conditional sentence has occasioned a significant drop in the number of admissions to custody, and with only a minor degree of net widening. The paper concludes by drawing some general conclusions from the Canadian experience with this alternative to imprisonment
K1 Bewährungsstrafe
K1 Alternativen
K1 Freiheitsstrafe
K1 England
K1 Wales
K1 Kanada
K1 Evaluation
K1 Net Widening