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Community service and custody in Scotland

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McIvor G (1990) Community service and custody in Scotland. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 29 (2), pp. 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2311.1990.tb00672.x

Abstract
The recent Home Office and Scottish Office National Standards are aimed, among other things, at encouraging the use of community service as an alternative to custody. Research in twelve Scottish schemes revealed that community service was replacing imprisonment for less than half the offenders on orders and that the percentage of offenders diverted from custody has decreased over the years. Standardisation of practice, increased risk-taking by schemes and increased dialogue with the courts may enhance the diversionary potential of community service but a major revision of sentencing practice is unlikely in the absence of specific guidelines or legislative change.

Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice: Volume 29, Issue 2

StatusPublished
Publication date31/05/1990
PublisherWiley-Blackwell for Howard League and BPL
ISSN0265-5527

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Professor Gillian McIvor

Professor Gillian McIvor

Emeritus Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology