Community Penalties

Slide 1 Paper 34/SOC15/CR1: Criminology,
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Sentencing and the Penal System
Community Penalties
2018-19 Lecture 21 ___________________________________

Prof. Loraine Gelsthorpe ___________________________________



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Slide 2 Introductory comments, and questions for the
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next two lectures
 Can the cjs do anything to facilitate ‘desistance’ at

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the same time as punishing offenders?
Where do community penalties fit in?
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 What can we learn from the operation of community
penalties in the past?
 What can we learn from the operation of community
penalties at present? ___________________________________
 What is the current ‘rehabilitation revolution’?
 What is the rhetoric and the reality of supervision
practice on the ground?
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Slide 3 What did you know about community
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penalties before starting this course?

 Pre-court options
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 Absolute & Conditional Discharges & Fines
 Community Penalties (intermediate
sanctions)
 Suspended Sentence Orders (SSO)
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 Custodial sentences (immediate custody)
 Supervision of offenders upon release from
prison
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