In the search for alternative approaches to punishment and dealing with offenders this book provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging review of the range of issues associated with using the variety of non-custodial sanctions, examining experiences in Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as England and Wales.

The chapters in the book cover such issues as trends in crime, victimisation and punishment; sentencing frameworks; public opinion and community penalties; diversionary and non-supervisory approaches to dealing with offenders; reparative and restorative approaches; electronic monitoring; dealing with substance-misusing offenders in the community; sentencing decisions; punitiveness in high crime-communities; dimensions of difference.

Introduction
1 Trends in Crime, Victimisation and Punishment (Chris Lewis, University of Portsmouth)
2 Empirical Research relevant to sentencing frameworks (Anthony Bottoms, University of Cambridge)
3 Public opinion and community penalties (Shadd Maruna and Anna King, University of Cambridge)
4 Punishment as Communication (Sue Rex, University of Cambridge)
5 Diversionary and non-supervisory approaches to dealing with offenders (George Mair, Liverpool John Moores University)
6 Reparative and restorative approaches (Gill McIvor, University of Stirling)
7 Rehabilitative and reintegrative approaches (Peter Raynor, University of Swansea)
8 Electronic monitoring and the community supervision of offenders (Mike Nellis, University of Birmingham)
9 Dealing with substance-misusing offenders in the community (Judith Rumgay, Kings College London)
10 What guides sentencing decisions? (Martin Wasik, Keele University)
11 Sentencing management (Gwen Robinson and James Dignan, University of Sheffield)
12 Dimensions of difference (Hazel Kemshall, Rob Canton and Roy Bailey, De Montfort University)
13 Punitiveness in high crime communities (Anthony Bottoms, University of Cambridge, and Andrew Wilson, University of Sheffield)
Index