Summary
This handbook introduces the reader to the basic principles central to understanding alternatives to imprisonment and describes promising practices implemented throughout the world. It offers information about alternatives to imprisonment at every stage of the criminal justice process; identifies some of the considerations that must be taken into account in implementing alternatives; looks at the role of various actors in ensuring success; and provides examples of systems that have reduced imprisonment
Contents
1. Introducing alternatives to imprisonment -- 2. Limiting the criminal justice system's reach -- 3. Pre-trial, pre-conviction and pre-sentencing processes -- 4. Sentencing and alternative punishments -- 5. Early release -- 6. Special categories -- 7. Toward a coherent strategy.