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How has the use of non-custodial sentencing changed over time?

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We want to build confidence and trust in a system that upholds public protection and creates the conditions for individual rehabilitation. We want to better support the probation service in using evidence-based decision-making.

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Understanding Offender Rehabilitation and Supervision

    Offender rehabilitation in England and Wales is in crisis. 57% of adults released from short custodial sentences re-offend within just 1 year of their release. Lack of rehabilitation is a key driver of record-high prison...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on offender rehabilitation and supervision, including the impact of non-custodial sentencing changes, demonstrating expertise in the subject matter.

  • Make Time Count Today - Reducing criminal reoffending on probation through data analytics, predictive behaviour recognition and optimised interventions

    **Problem Addressed** Crime costs UK economy over £58bn pa, with 1.2mn people convicted annually. Of these, 87% have previous convictions, 60% of released prisoners and 30% on probation reoffend within 12 months. ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: MAKE TIME COUNT TODAY LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses the use of non-custodial sentencing through data analytics and targeted interventions, aiming to reduce reoffending rates.

  • Regulating Justice: The Dynamics of Compliance and Breach in Criminal Justice Social Work in Scotland

    Not only does Scotland imprison more people than most European countries, but our prison numbers are also rising despite a fall in crime levels. The Scottish Government is attempting to reduce imprisonment through increa...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it focuses on compliance and breach in criminal justice social work, which is related to non-custodial sentencing. The authors have the necessary expertise to answer the question.

  • WOMEN OFFENDERS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING JUSTICE. A KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PROJECT WITH MAGISTRATES, COURT PROBATION STAFF AND COURT ADVISORS

    This project will apply the findings of an evaluation of Women's Community Services by Dr Polly Radcliffe and Gillian Hunter at ICPR. The aim of the project is to use our research findings to improve the sentencing of wo...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Kent

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it focuses on improving the sentencing of women offenders, which may involve non-custodial sentencing. The authors have the necessary expertise to answer the question.

  • Evaluating the long-term impact of Release on Temporary License (ROTL)

    Release on temporary licence (ROTL) provides eligible people currently in prison the opportunity to prepare for resettlement in the community through day or overnight release. The intended impact of ROTL is to reduce reo...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Queen Mary University of London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question as it evaluates the long-term impact of Release on Temporary License (ROTL), which is a form of non-custodial sentencing. The authors have the necessary expertise to answer the question.

  • Lives Sentenced: The Punishment Careers of Persistent Offenders

    There has been little research examining how those who are punished by the criminal justice system experience and give meaning to their sentences. Research that does exist has largely focused on one single sentence. Howe...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow

  • ADR UK Data First Evaluation Fellowship

    Until recently, the large amounts of administrative data routinely collected about offenders as they are moved through the Criminal Justice System have been inaccessible to research. Instead, our understanding has largel...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Surrey

  • Plymouth Community Justice Court: A Case Study of Problem Solving Interventions, Reducing Re-offending and Public Confidence

    The criminal justice system has over many years introduced a range of initiatives designed to reduce crime and support offenders in their efforts to desist from crime. One recent initiative, originating in the U.S.A and ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Plymouth

  • Long-term imprisonment from young adulthood: a longitudinal follow-up study

    Due to a hardening of penal sensibilities and more stringent sentencing practices (mainly as a result of the 2003 Criminal Justice Act), a growing number of prisoners are serving extremely long sentences from an early ag...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge

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