UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY PENALTIES by J Raynor

UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY PENALTIES by J Raynor

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Offers an understanding of community sentences in relation to policy, practice and research. This book examines the role and function of community sentences, and how they challenge the framework of thinking about punishment in the criminal justice system.

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UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY PENALTIES by J Raynor

Offers an understanding of community sentences in relation to policy, practice and research. This book examines the role and function of community sentences, and how they challenge the framework of thinking about punishment in the criminal justice system.
Professor Peter Raynor is the author of Social Work, Justice and Control which was one of the most widely used general texts on Probation of the 1980s, and of Probation as an Alternative to Custody which was one of the first UK studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of probation programmes. He is professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of International Development and Social Science at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Dr Maurice Vanstone is the co-author of Betrayal of Trust, a widely discussed study of professionals who abuse children, and co-author of Beyond Offending Behaviour. During a long career in the Probation Service he directed an experimental day centre and also managed an area research programme. He is now senior lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of International Development and Social Science at the University of Wales, Swansea.
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ISBN 13 9780335206254
ISBN 10 0335206255
Title UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY PENALTIES
Author J Raynor
Series Crime And Justice Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Open University Press
Year published 2002-07-16
Number of pages 159
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.