TY - BOOK ID - 78146489 TI - Reforming Community Penalties. PY - 2005 SN - 1134042914 1282237918 9786612237911 1843926660 9781843926665 9781134042913 1843921146 9781843921141 9781134042982 9781134043057 9781138861459 1134042981 PB - Cullompton Willan Pub. DB - UniCat KW - Community-based corrections KW - Community corrections KW - Community treatment programs KW - Corrections in the community KW - Alternatives to imprisonment UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78146489 AB - This book sets out to explore the role of community penalties in sentencing, arguing that the absence of a strong intellectual framework or underpinning has hampered their development in policy and practice. The research undertaken for this book involved asking people with a particular stake in criminal justice what the point of punishment was and what the courts were trying to achieve in sentencing offenders. It identifies the role of communication as crucial, and looks at ways in which 'communication' can be used to make punishment more constructive, exploring the role of restorative process ER -