The Use of the Community Order and the Suspended Sentence Order for Women
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Sunita Patel and Stephen Stanley (May 2008)
Following an invite only stakeholder seminar the previous week on Monday 5th May as part of our community sentences project we published `The Use of the Community Order and the Suspended Sentence Order for Women by Sunita Patel of CCJS and Stephen Stanley, former head of research at London Probation Service. The report is one in a series of publications looking at the how the sentences are being used for specific groups of offenders. The report, which examines the use of the new Community Order and Suspended Sentence Order for women concludes that the orders need to be more responsive to the circumstances of women offenders. It says that the specified activity requirement could be used more often and also requirements to meet mental health and drug treatment needs for women. The report also notes that there is little evidence that commuity sentences are having a significant impac ton reducing the use of custody for women who are convicted. Click on the link find out more about our Community Sentences project. |