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Level 5: Probation and Community Justice
Module Description
This module aims to:
- Ensure students understand the rationale behind community justice
- Develop an awareness of the concept of ‘community’ and their role
- Consider the importance of public confidence
- Identify and critically assess the key agencies that assist with the implementation of community justice
- Identify and critically evaluate some of the community sentences currently available
Module Content
- Introducing Community Penalties
- Alternatives to custody
- The Criminal Justice Act 1991
- New Labour Social and Penal Policies
- The Probation Service
- Community Punishments
- Compliance and Community Penalties
- The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Drug Strategy
- Improving Services to Women Offenders
- The Future of Punishment in the Community
