Serving Time Or Serving The Community (Paperback)

Signe Hald Andersen

ISBN 10: 8790199634 / ISBN 13: 9788790199630

Published by University Press of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, 2012

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Paperback. There is a widespread belief among criminologists, judges and the like that criminals are better off serving non-custodial sentences instead of going to prison. However, empirical evidence of the effects of community service is scarce. This paper exploits a policy reform that implemented the use of community service as punishment among specific groups of criminals in order to assess the causal effect of community service on post-sentence income, dependency on social benefits, and crime. Exploits a policy reform that implemented the use of community service as punishment among specific groups of criminals in order to assess the causal effect of community service on post-sentence income, dependency on social benefits, and crime. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Serving Time Or Serving The Community (Paperback)
• Publisher: University Press of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8790199634
• ISBN 13: 9788790199630
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Among criminologists, judges, and the like, there is a widespread belief that criminals are better off serving non-custodial sentences instead of going to prison. However, empirical evidence of the effects of community service is scarce. Based on Danish research, this study paper examines a policy reform that implemented the use of community service as punishment among specific groups of criminals in order to assess the causal effect of community service on post-sentence income, dependency on social benefits, and crime.