The effectiveness of service work: An analysis of recidivism

The Israeli “service work” law of 1987 enables a court to commute prison sentences of up to 6 months to service work in the community. This paper examines the correctional effectiveness of this new sanction by comparing the rate of recidivism (over a period of 14 months) among 407 offenders sentence...

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Authors: Nirel, Ronit (Author) ; Landau, Simha F. (Author) ; Sebba, Leslie (Author) ; Sagiv, Bilha (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1997
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1997, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-92
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