This book aims to make the case for and provide some of the resources necessary to
reimagine rehabilitation for twenty-first-century criminal justice. Outlining an approach to …

This article develops a sociological analysis and critique of including socioeconomic factors
such as education, employment, income and housing in risk assessment tools that inform …

Why is punishment not more effective? Why do we have such high re-offending rates? How
can we deal with crime and criminals in a more cost-effective way? Over the last decade in …

Personal mitigating factors (PMFs) such as good character, remorse and addressing
addiction help sentencers evaluate an offender's past, present and future behavior. We …

Does mental disorder cause crime? Does crime cause mental disorder? And if either of
these could be proved to be true what consequences should stem for those who find …

Scotland's prison population remains stubbornly high despite reforms to sentencing and
community penalties (most recently in 2016). Seeking to advance the debate on punishment …

Scotland has one of the highest prison population rates in western Europe, coinciding with a
recent growth in interest in electronic monitoring (EM) as a potential mechanism for …

To what extent are accused's backgrounds within the criminal justice system considered
during the sentencing process, and if they are, how do judges make sense of them? To …

Examining the Use of Community Service Orders as Alternatives to Short Prison Sentences in
Ireland Page 1 Technological University Dublin ARROW@TU Dublin Articles Social Sciences …

A probation officer sits by his fax machine or telephone in the morning and receives
information from the police about offenders who have been arrested the night before. He has …