APPENDIX I
Memorandum by the Home Office
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum describes the non-custodial
penalties at present available to the courts, new provisions which
are about to be implemented, and the Government's policies for
developments in this area. It also sets out available research
information about the arrangements in other countries.
2. It is arranged in 4 sections as follows:
B. Effectiveness and
attitudes to sentencing.
D. Research on arrangements
in other jurisdictions.
3. Throughout this memorandum offenders
are generally referred to in the masculine. Unless the text specifically
states otherwise, any reference to offenders can equally be applied
to male or female offenders.
A. EXISTING
PROVISIONS
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