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What
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Pre-Sentence Report - £500
Community Punishment Order - £2,000
Community Rehabilitation Order - £3,000
Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order - £4,000
Drug Testing and Treatment Order (12 months) - £8,000
Prison (12 months) - £37,500
Young Offender's Institution (12 months) - £42,000
Source: Probation Board Association (September 2003)
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Work with persistent offenders is a priority
Although over half of people who are convicted of a crime do not, as far as we know, commit another crime, many do.
Levels of convictions suggest that people are more likely to offend again the more crimes they have committed before.
A large proportion of offences occur either in groups or by groups of people acting together. |
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The police make over 1.3 million arrests a year and most people plead guilty.
Of all people convicted of crime in Britain: |
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11% receive a community sentence |
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9% receive a discharge |
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71% receive a fine |
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8% are sentenced to custody |
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Why do people continue to commit crimes?
Research shows that the main causes are: |
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weak problem solving skills |
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poor decision making skills |
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weak personal control |
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poor social skills |
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Isn't prison the best place for persistent offenders?
When comparing like for like, there is no difference in the percentage of those receiving a prison sentence and a community sentence who get convicted again.
Please note - people convicted of serious crime such as murder, rape and robbery are nearly always sent to prison. |
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Probation works: Introduction
This
section will outline the main areas of our work with offenders. It provides
details for people who work with probation services, such as magistrates,
court staff and voluntary agencies.
Court Reports
Written by probation staff for use in courts. About people who are charged with an offence. Help magistrates and judges make decisions on punishments. More...
Orders
Made by the courts when someone is found guilty of an offence. Details people's punishment in the community - probation supervision, unpaid work to benefit the community and drug treatment & testing. More...
Accredited programmes
Courses for people who keep committing offences. They can stop people from offending again. Work to change the way people think and act. More...
Tagging
A way of restricting liberty - rather like 'house arrest'. An electronic 'tag' is attached to the wrist or ankle. Can give people a new sense of structure and discipline in their life. More...
Prisons
Work with prisoners to prepare them for release back into the community. Providing reports to help Prison Governors make decisions about people's release.
Supervision for prisoners on their release back into the community. More...
Hostels
For people needing extra supervision by probation staff when serving their sentence while living in the community. Includes people on bail or on their release from prison. More...
Diversity
Gwent Probation Area is committed to inclusiveness, equality and fairness, without which simple justice is not possible. More...
Other services
Support services which assist offenders in living crime-free lives. Services for victims and work with serious crime. More...
We work to ensure people complete their punishments in the community - and take them back to court for further sentencing if not.
We also work to stop people committing further offences because many people continue to commit further crime.
What prevents people from re-offending?
- attendance
on effective offending behaviour programmes aimed at the right offenders,
run in prison or in the community, can stop further offending.
- improving
offenders basic skills enhances their employability and increases
their self esteem.
- getting
a job is very effective in helping previously unemployed offenders
live crime-free lives.
- a
high percentage of persistent offenders have a serious drug misuse
problem and so they commit more crime. So getting treatment is often
the first step to stop further offending.
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Related pages:
Information for offenders is available at Been sentenced
Details of all our services are in About |
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