298 Pages
by
Routledge
295 Pages
by
Routledge
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The detrimental effects of imprisonment have been documented and accepted in most western countries. As a result, alternatives to incarceration have been sought in the effort to reform the penal system. Although during the last thirty years several Nordic official committees have recommended a reduction in the use of jail sentences and an increase in other forms of punishment (i.e. fines and... Read more
1: Problems and Theories; 2: The History of Non-Institutional Correction; 3: The Legislator's Intentions; 4: The Judge's Choice of Sanction; 5: The Effects of Sanctions—Recidivism and Prediction; 6: Supervision—Assistance or Control?; 7: Institutional Treatment—Punishment or Treatment?; 8: The Law in Books and the Law in Practice; 9: Lines of Development and Suggestions for Reform; Appendix: I: Sampling and Methodology; Appendix: II: Developments in the Use of Non-Custodial Sanctions
Biography
Ulla V. Bondeson
