The Virtual Prison by Julian V Roberts
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.-
Corporate Crime, Law, and Social Control
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Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour
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Understanding Police Use of Force
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Choosing White-Collar Crime
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Mean Streets
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Life in the Gang
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Delinquency and Crime
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Third Party Policing
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Prison State
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Delinquent-Prone Communities
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Key Issues in Criminal Career Research
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Lengthening the Arm of the Law
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The Criminal Career
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Situational Prison Control
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Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America
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Economic Espionage and Industrial Spying
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Criminality and Violence among the Mentally Disordered
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Policing Gangs in America
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Errors of Justice
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Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective
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Race and Policing in America
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The Framework of Judicial Sentencing
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Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State
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Delinquent Networks
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The Prison and the Gallows
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White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers
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What Works in Corrections
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Understanding Crime Statistics
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The Crime Drop in America
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Drug-Crime Connections
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Marking Time in the Golden State
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Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour
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The Criminal Recidivism Process
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Legacies of Crime
'This is an important, well-written, information- and idea-packed book which explores emergent new forms of intensively regulating offenders in the community..' The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
Julian V. Roberts has been working in the area of sentencing and public opinion for over twenty years. He is Editor of The Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice and has written and co-edited ten books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521536448 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521536448 |
| Title | The Virtual Prison |
| Author | Julian V Roberts |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Criminology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2004-11-18 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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