COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS - THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PILOT SCHEME - REPORT OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE CONVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEAF ON JANUARY 1974

• NCJ Number: 19856
• Author(s): J HARDING; A SIMPSON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Coventry Council of Social Service; British Assoc of Social Workers
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

A TRANSCRIPT OF A BRIEF ORAL PRESENTATION OUTLINING THE OPERATIONS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY SERVICE ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON SENTENCES FOR SOME OFFENDERS.

Abstract

FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT OF A SOCIAL ENQUIRY REPORT SUMBITTED BY THE PROBATION SERVICE, THE CROWN OR MAGISTRATE'S COURT MAY RECOMMEND AN INDIVIDUAL FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. AN EFFORT IS MADE TO FIND AN AREA OF SERIVCE SUITED TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITIES OR INTERESTS. A COMMUNITY SERVICE SENTENCE OF 40 TO 120 HOURS IS HANDED DOWN AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON. COMMUNITY SERVICE MAY BE RENDERED DURING FREE OR LEISURE TIME, SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH EMPLOYMENT. THE PROJECT DIRECTORS REPORT FAVORABLE RESULTS, WITH A NUMBER OF OFFENDERS REMAINING AS VOLUNTEERS AFTER THEIR TERMS OF SERVICE.