Community Penalties: Change and Challenges
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This book grew out of papers and discussions at the 24th Cropwood Round Table Conference in Cambridge, England, 28-29 June 2000. The purpose for the conference was to address future directions for community penalties.
Edited By
Anthony Bottoms, Loraine Gelsthorpe, and Sue Rex. Cambridge Criminal Justice
Series. Devon, UK: Willan Publishing.1-903240-49-2 Hardback £30.00 / US
$49.95
Reviewed by Greg Strong
Essays in the book deal with theoretical and practical matters:
Contributors include leading academics in criminology, many of whom also have first-hand practical experience in corrections and probation services. An appendix summarizes key conclusions that arose from the conference.
Chapter Summaries:
Introduction: the Contemporary Scene for Community Penalties
Community Penalties in Historical Perspective
Community Penalties in the Context of Contemporary Social Change
Beyond Cognitive Behaviouralism? Reflections on the Effectiveness Literature
Compliance and Community Penalties
Making "What Works" work: Challenges in the Delivery of Community Penalties
Accountability in the Delivery of Community Penalties: To Whom, for What, and Why?
Accountability: Difference and Diversity in the Delivery of Community Penalties
Technology and the Future of Community Penalties
Community Penalties and Social Integration: 'Community' as Solution and as Problem
What Future for 'Public Safety' and 'Restorative Justice' in a System of Community Penalties
Concluding Reflections
March 2002
Reviewed by Greg Strong
Essays in the book deal with theoretical and practical matters:
- historical and contemporary contexts for community penalties
- social, governmental, and criminological developments affecting community penalties
- strategies such as cognitive-behavioralism and “what works"
- compliance issues
- accountability in the implementation of community penalties
- technological implications
- issues concerning community, public safety, and restorative justice in relation to community penalties.
Contributors include leading academics in criminology, many of whom also have first-hand practical experience in corrections and probation services. An appendix summarizes key conclusions that arose from the conference.
Chapter Summaries:
Introduction: the Contemporary Scene for Community Penalties
Community Penalties in Historical Perspective
Community Penalties in the Context of Contemporary Social Change
Beyond Cognitive Behaviouralism? Reflections on the Effectiveness Literature
Compliance and Community Penalties
Making "What Works" work: Challenges in the Delivery of Community Penalties
Accountability in the Delivery of Community Penalties: To Whom, for What, and Why?
Accountability: Difference and Diversity in the Delivery of Community Penalties
Technology and the Future of Community Penalties
Community Penalties and Social Integration: 'Community' as Solution and as Problem
What Future for 'Public Safety' and 'Restorative Justice' in a System of Community Penalties
Concluding Reflections
March 2002
