Examining the Use of Community Service Orders as Alternatives to Short Prison Sentences in Ireland

Kate O'Hara; Mary Rogan

doi:10.21427/d77n32

Examining the Use of Community Service Orders as Alternatives to Short Prison Sentences in Ireland

Kate O'Hara, Mary Rogan

Technological University Dublin

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Abstract

Ireland’s highly discretionary sentencing system provides a rare opportunity to study the behaviour of judges when relatively free of externally imposed constraints. While this is so, few studies have investigated sentencing trends.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-45
Journal	Irish Probation Journal
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21427/d77n32
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2015

Keywords

Ireland
discretionary sentencing system
judges
sentencing trends

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Examining the Use of Community Service Orders as Alternatives to Short Prison Sentences in Ireland

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