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Community sentences since 2000
This report is published under our Alternatives to Custody in Europe project, which takes a detailed look at alternatives across eight EU member states. The report outlines the key policy...
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Alternatives to custody: How is Europe doing?
The Alternatives to Custody in Europe project (ACE) brings together partners from a diverse range of European countries, to assess the evidence and work out whether criminal justice sanctions and...
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Alternatives to Custody in Europe: getting started
Last week, I was delighted to meet our seven collaborators in the new Alternatives to Custody in Europe project in Rome. Ahead...
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New report on tackling use of custody cites our work
Last week the British Academy published a new report on addressing high prison numbers
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Investigating alternatives to custody across Europe
This month sees the Centre starting work on a new project comparing alternatives to incarceration across eight European countries.
The European Observatory on Alternatives to Incarceration, a two year project funded by the European Union, will draw on the expertise of...
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Grayling: 'If you break the law you will be punished'
In a bid to improve 'public confidence' in the criminal justice system, Justice Minister Chris Grayling has announced (again) that all community sentences are to incorporate a 'punitive element'. The reforms brought about by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 will come into...
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Community Sentences Digest (2nd edition)
Community Sentences Digest highlights that in 2007, 162,648 people started court orders in the community, the highest ever recorded number. It represents a 36 per cent increase in the decade since...
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Community sentences: a solution to penal excess?
As the population in custody in England and Wales hits a record high, a report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies questions the role of community sentences in controlling or reducing...
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Reducing the numbers in custody: looking beyond criminal justice solutions
At a time of spending cuts and continued increases to inequality, a new report argues the prison population is likely to rise further, despite the coalition's expressed aim to contain and manage prison numbers.