Social work, payback and punishment

McNeill, Fergus Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Scottish Policy Innovation Forum (2008) Social work, payback and punishment. In: Prisons and Sentencing Reform: Developing policy in Scotland. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, pp. 18-21. ISBN 978-0-9563526-1-3

Abstract

The heart of the Scottish Prisons Commission's report, and the core of the choice that the Commission sets out, can be found in their first two recommendations: 1. To better target imprisonment and make it more effective, the Commission recommends that imprisonment should be reserved for people whose offences are so serious that no other form of punishment will do and for those who pose a significant threat of serious harm to the public. 2. To move beyond our reliance on imprisonment as a means of punishing offenders, the Commission recommends that paying back in the community should become the default position in dealing with less serious offenders.

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  Item type:	Book Section
  ID code:	26732
  Dates:	Date Event 12 December 2008 Published
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work
  Depositing user:	Mr Douglas Iain Clark
  Date deposited:	16 Sep 2010 10:15
  Last modified:	11 Nov 2024 14:40
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/26732