The virtual prison : community custody and the evolution of imprisonment / Julian V. Roberts.
"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 punitiv...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press).
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "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."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511520972 9780511520976 0521536448 9780521536448 1107315352 9781107315358 1107316332 9781107316331 1107321727 9781107321724 1299399436 9781299399433 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511520976 |