The virtual prison : community custody and the evolution of imprisonment
by
 
Roberts, Julian V.

Title
: 
The virtual prison : community custody and the evolution of imprisonment

Author
: 
Roberts, Julian V.

ISBN
: 
9780521536448
 
9780521829595

Personal Author
: 
Roberts, Julian V.

Publication Information
: 
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Physical Description
: 
xiv, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
: 
Cambridge studies in criminology
 
Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)

Contents
: 
Foreword / Andrew Ashworth -- 1. Introduction to the concept of community custody -- 2. The way we punish now -- 3. Conceptualizing community custody -- 4. Representative models of community custody -- 5. Coming home to prison : offender perceptions and experiences -- 6. The effect of community custody on prison admissions -- 7. Public attitudes to community custody -- 8. Making community custody sentences work.

Abstract
: 
"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 USA 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
Community-based corrections.
 
Community-based corrections -- Canada.
 
Home detention -- Canada.

Electronic Access
: 
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004049733.html


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