Note
"The Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge in conjunction with the Probation Studies Unit, University of Oxford."
Description based on print version record.
Résumé
Community service pathfinder projects, which sentence offenders to community service work, were set up by the National Probation Directorate to encourage socially appropriate attitudes and behaviours, called pro-social modeling; to facilitate the development of employable skills; and to use community service to eradicate the problems that lead to offending. This report looks at the way the service delivered specific elements of community punishment. It does so by examining the process of implementation and the views of those who provide and receive community punishment. It also includes interim outcome measures of effectiveness and cost. The results show that successful project implementation depends on support, commitment and creativity of staff at all levels. They also show that both offenders and staff perceived positive change resulting from participation in community punishment. The pathfinders have provided important information in the development of enhanced community punishment.