Handbook of basic principles and promising practices on alternatives to imprisonment, [prepared for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) by Dirk van Zyl Smit]

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The instance Handbook of basic principles and promising practices on alternatives to imprisonment, [prepared for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) by Dirk van Zyl Smit] represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Instance, Electronic.

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Handbook of basic principles and promising practices on alternatives to imprisonment, [prepared for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) by Dirk van Zyl Smit]

Statement of responsibility

[prepared for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) by Dirk van Zyl Smit]

Instantiates

• Handbook of basic principles and promising practices on alternatives to imprisonment

Publication

• New York, United Nations, 2007

Note

• "United Nations publication sales no. E.07. XI.2"--Title page verso
• "April 2007"--Page 4 of cover

Antecedent source

unknown

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Carrier category

online resource

Carrier category code

• cr

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Color

multicolored

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• Who should develop the strategy to alternatives to imprisonment?
• 1.4.
• Potential challenges
• 1.5.
• The role of the United Nations
• 2.
• Limiting the criminal justice system's reach
• 2.1.
• Decriminalization
• 2.2.
• Introduction
• Diversion
• 2.3.
• Who should act?
• 3.
• Pre-trial, pre-conviction and pre-sentencing processes
• 3.1.
• General
• 3.2.
• Alternatives to pre-trial detention
• 3.3.
• 1.
• Considerations in implementing alternatives to pre-trial detention
• 3.4.
• Infrastructure requirements for alternatives to pre-trial detention
• 3.5
• Who should act?
• 4.
• Sentencing and alternative punishments
• 4.1.
• Sentencing
• 4.2.
• Introducing alternatives to imprisonment
• Possible alternatives to sentences of imprisonment
• 4.3.
• Specific non-custodial sentences
• 4.4.
• Infrastructure requirements for sentencing alternatives
• 4.5.
• Choosing alternatives to imprisonment at the sentencing stage
• 4.6.
• Who should act?
• 5.
• 1.1.
• Early release
• 5.1.
• Forms of early release
• 5.2.
• Early release: concerns and responses
• 5.3.
• Early release on compassionate grounds
• 5.4.
• Conditional release and its administrative infrastructure
• 5.5.
• Why consider alternatives to imprisonment
• Who should act?
• 6.
• Special categories
• 6.1.
• General
• 6.2.
• Children
• 6.3.
• Drug offenders
• 6.4.
• 1.2.
• Mental illness
• 6.5.
• Women
• 6.6.
• Over-represented groups
• 7.
• Toward a coherent strategy
• 7.1.
• Knowledge base
• 7.2.
• What is to be done?
• Political initiatives
• 7.3.
• Legislative reform
• 7.4.
• Infrastructure and resources
• 7.5.
• Net-widening
• 7.6.
• Monitoring
• 7.7.
• 1.3.
• Promotion of alternatives
• 7.8.
• The media and alternatives to imprisonment
• 7.9.
• Justice and equality
• Conclusion

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180661071

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Extent

1 online resource (iv, 80 pages).

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unknown

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online

Isbn

9781429498029

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unknown

Media category

computer

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• c

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not applicable

Record ID

.b131180149

Reformatting quality

unknown

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction.

Sound

unknown sound

Specific material designation

remote

System control number

(OCoLC)180661071

System details

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.