Alternatives to custody: evidence from police force areas in England and Wales

England and Wales have some of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world. Recent policy reforms have focused on developing alternatives to custody that offer credible protection for the public, and justice for victims of crime. This article uses unique detailed panel-level data acquired...

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Autor principal: Abramovaite, Juste (Autor)
Otros Autores: Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha ; Bhattacharya, Samrat
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En: The British journal of criminology
Año: 2019, Volumen: 59, Número: 4, Páginas: 800-822
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Palabras clave:
Panel data
Incarceration
Community sentences
Sentencing policy
Violent crime
Property crime
Eigentumsdelikte
Inhaftierung
Strafzumessungspraxis
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Sumario:England and Wales have some of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world. Recent policy reforms have focused on developing alternatives to custody that offer credible protection for the public, and justice for victims of crime. This article uses unique detailed panel-level data acquired from the Ministry of Justice for all Police Force Areas from 2002 to 2013 in England and Wales to analyse the effects of custodial and non-custodial sentences on recorded crime. Our results suggest that non-custodial sentences can be an effective alternative to custody at reducing property crime but their effect is less consistent for violent crime. This suggests that non-custodial sentences are credible, cost-effective substitutes to incarceration.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azy056