Post-release reforms for short prison sentences: re-legitimising and widening the net of punishment

Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) promised a ‘revolution’ in the way offenders are managed, providing a renewed focus on short sentence prisoners. The TR reforms extends mandatory post-release supervision and tailored through-the-gate resettlement provisions to a group that has predominantly faced a...

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Main Author: Cracknell, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2018]
In: Probation journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 302-315
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