Home Affairs - Third Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 28 July 1998.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

REPORT

SECTION A: INTRODUCTION

The inquiry
The use of custodial sentences and the prison population

SECTION B: EXISTING NON-CUSTODIAL SENTENCES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS

(i) Non-custodial sentences: the options available to the courts

Community penalties
Financial Penalties
Other Disposals

(ii) The relative effectiveness of community sentences

Protecting the Public
Reoffending, deterrence and rehabilitation
Punishment and retribution
Cost

SECTION C: INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY SENTENCES

(i) The content of community sentences

National Standards
Enforcement of community sentences
"What Works?"

(ii) The Probation Service

The professionalism of the probation service
Resources and caseloads
The organisation of the probation service

(iii) Confidence in community sentences

Sentencer Confidence
Public confidence xxxviii
The language used to describe community sentences
Conclusions on effectiveness

SECTION D: OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO PRISON

Curfew orders with electronic monitoring
Suspended sentences
Weekend prison
Fines
Cautioning with restorative justice

SECTION E: MEASURES TARGETED AT PARTICULAR GROUPS

(i) Young offenders

Current community and other sentences for young people
Custodial sentences and secure accommodation for young offenders
Effectiveness in community sentences
Crime and Disorder Bill

(ii) Drug Misusing Offenders

The work of the probation service with drug-misusing offenders
Drug treatment and testing orders

(iii) Women Offenders

SECTION F: DIVERSION FROM CRIME

CONCLUSION

List of Conclusions and Recommendations

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF UNPRINTED MEMORANDA

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (Printed as Volume II)
Tuesday, 20 January 1998
Tuesday, 27 January 1998
Tuesday, 3 February 1998
Tuesday, 3 March 1998
Tuesday, 10 March 1998
Tuesday, 17 March 1998
Tuesday, 21 April 1998
Tuesday, 5 May 1998

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (Volume II)

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Prepared 10 September 1998