Is penal reform working? Community sentences and reform sector strategies

Abstract

So, ‘is penal reform working?’ This is one the questions the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies set out to explore in the Reform Sector Strategies project. Funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Reform Sector Strategies explores the arguments, approaches and strategies employed by the progressive penal reform sector since the late 1990s. Our aim is to generate open, forward looking dialogue about the development of coherent and credible policies to turn around our reliance on criminal justice.

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Notes on contributors

Helen Mills

Helen Mills is Research Associate

Rebecca Roberts

Rebecca Roberts is Senior Policy Associate at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies