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This paper looks in detail at a recent Home Office report on sentencing and correctional policies within the British criminal justice system. The authors of the report have focused on the practical aspect of such policies - "what works" - but have found their meta-analysis of current research studies hampered by a lack of cohesion in the research material available. The paper looks at these issues within the historical and sociological context of sentencing and correction in the UK. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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No 291: The impact of corrections on re-offending: a review of what works" (Harper and Chitty, December 2004). This study is a particularly interesting one, for a number of reasons.
In the first place, as can
be seen from the title, the authors have attempted to place considerable emphasis on practice rather than theory, in the sense that "what works", as opposed, perhaps to "what should
work", is an essential element of analysing aspects of the criminal justice system. It is very much a pragmatic approach, and one which considers research in terms of its applicability
across a very broad field of study. In addition, they are looking to draw together several different and relevant strands of the criminal justice process - not only sentencing itself
and its impact on recidivism, but also the broader social context in which sentencing can be set, as well as the more specific and detailed aspects of how interventions affect
individuals. To put the report
itself in context, it is perhaps helpful to begin with a brief overview of the development of correctional policies in the UK: not only the way in which these have
been changed and modified over time, but also the impact of other constraints such as target-driven policing policies, prison overcrowding, new perceptions on juvenile and adult crime, and so on.
It would be difficult to fully understand Harper and Chittys methodologies and conclusions without also looking at the wider historical picture which has resulted in the modern sentencing policies which
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