2. Community Punishment/Service – What is it? Community Punishment (E/W) Community Service (Scotland) Must complete a minimum of 40hrs unpaid work that benefits the community Must be physically, intellectually or emotionally demanding For example: Clearing graveyards, litter picking, renovating community buildings, constructing playgrounds... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ufnxjrPi0
3. Rehabilitation/Probation Order – What is it? Offenders are placed under the care of a social worker or a probation officer Regular meetings with officers Offender behaviour programmes Drug or alcohol rehabilitation programmes Anger management Forced to think about the crime
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5. A Home Office report estimated that community sentencing reduces reoffending by 15% more than prison sentences
6. “community sentencing has lower reoffending rates because the people who are given them are pre-selected as less likely to re-offend” – Peter Hitchens, Daily Mail
7. Costs between £2,000 and £4,000 a year – Alternatives to Prison Home Office Report
14. ? Name 10 celebrities/famous people who have been community sentenced or placed under house arrest or community tags
15. Paris was sentenced to community service after she plead guilty to two misdemeanors- drug possession and obstructing an officer- but avoided jail time. Instead, she was on probation for a year, had to complete a substance abuse program, pay a $2,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. Snooki (Jersey Shore) breached the peace on a beach and was charged with community sentencing. She had to clean up the Seaside Heights Police Department and give an autograph signing for charity.
16. Lindsay Lohan was ordered to wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet after appearing in court on drink driving charges. She also must not drink, take drugs or leave the state of California. Julian Assange (Wikileaks) – questioning over alleged sex offences. Awaiting trial under house arrest in Norfolk must wear a tag and surrender his passport.
