NCJ Number
134896
Date Published
1990
Length
938 pages
Annotation
These 13 papers, literature review, and bibliography present the alternatives to incarceration being used in Africa, Arab countries, Asia and the Pacific Region, Australia, Europe, and North America and list empirical and descriptive literature published between 1980 and 1989.
Abstract
Alternatives discussed include restitution, probation, home detention, work release, community service, intermediate sanctions, and the electronic monitoring of offenders. The main language of the bibliography is English, although non-English titles are included. The bibliography includes 3,599 citations. They focus on sentencing, alternatives to imprisonment, implementation methods, eligibility, rationales, the attitudes of various groups toward correctional alternatives, training, and evaluations regarding recidivism and other factors. Tables, figures, chapter reference notes, and index to the bibliography