NCJ Number
158565
Editor(s)
M Tonry,
K Hamilton
Date Published
1995
Length
232 pages
Annotation
Leading experts on sentencing and corrections policy present papers on the development of intermediate sanctions as alternatives to over-reliance on incarceration.
Abstract
The papers assess major innovative programs of intermediate sanctions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The chapter on fines contains seven papers on day fines in the United States, the adoption and abandonment of unit fines in England, fines to reduce the use of incarceration in Germany, and Germany's imposition of fines in lieu of prosecution. A chapter on restitution and mediation contains four papers on various manifestations of approaches for mediating conflict between victims and offenders as well as structuring restitution by offenders. Three papers on community service include descriptions of their use in New York City and in Scotland. Intensive supervision is discussed in three papers, which include a report on evaluations of such programs in California and a discussion of the evaluation of intensive supervision in probation and parole. Four papers address electronic monitoring of offenders, and papers on partial and short-term confinement consider day-reporting centers, boot camps, and home leave in Northern Ireland. Remaining papers focus on client-specific sentencing and community corrections acts. 95-item bibliography and a subject index