Narrow your search
Listing 1 - 4 of 4
Sort by
The virtual prison : community custody and the evolution of imprisonment.
Author:
ISBN: 9780511520976 9780521829595 9780521536448 9781107321724 1107321727 0511520972 9781107316331 1107316332 9781107317291 1107317290 0521829593 0521536448 1139810065 9781139810067 1107160413 9781107160415 1107318149 9781107318144 1299399436 9781299399433 1107315352 9781107315358 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge university press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The last twenty-five years have seen dramatic rises in the prison populations of most industrialised nations. Unable to keep up with increased numbers of convicted offenders, governments and criminal justice systems have been seeking new ways to control and punish offenders. One sanction adopted in Canada and some parts of Europe and the US is community custody which attempts to recreate the punitive nature of prison but without incarceration. This book analyses the effectiveness of this approach and explores its implications for offenders and society as a whole. It demonstrates that if properly conceived and administered, community custody can reduce the number of prison admissions and at the same time promote multiple goals of sentencing. So that offenders given community custody orders are punished yet also given the opportunity to change their lives in ways that would be impossible if they were in prison.


Book
Elektronisch toezicht : de virtuele gevangenis als reële oplossing?
Authors: --- --- ---
ISBN: 9789058677808 Year: 2009 Publisher: Leuven Universitaire Pers

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

'Big Brother is watching you': Elektronisch toezicht (ET) spreekt al lang tot de verbeelding, al is de concrete idee om delinquenten via de elektronische weg te controleren en te bewaken nog niet zo oud. Sinds de experimentele invoering ervan in 1998 hebben beleidsmakers, wetenschappers en de ruimere samenleving in Belgie een grote belangstelling getoond voor ET. Het viel de auteurs van dit boek echter op dat beleidsmensen het wel voortdurend over ET hebben, maar in de discussies onvoldoende gebruik maken van de bestaande wetenschappelijke inzichten. Het werk bundelt de in Belgie beschikbare kennis over ET en geeft er toelichting bij. Daarnaast bevat het boek ook de belangrijkste regelgeving, de relevante rechtspraak en een bibliografie van de wetenschappelijke publicaties over ET in Belgie

Listing 1 - 4 of 4
Sort by