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Seductive Logic?

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Vincent
Date01 June 1989
DOI10.1177/026455058903600217
AuthorDavid Bale
Published date01 June 1989
Subject MatterArticles
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Seductive Logic?
r~ou-custodial sentences also when
dealing with offenders lower down the
The argument advanced by Ashley
tariff.
Toms in ’Risk and Alternatives to Cus-
This has certainly been the experi-
tody’ (Probation Journ.al, March 1989)
ence in Cambridgeshire where a risk of
has the seductive appearance of logic
custody scale score of 70 has been used
about it, albeit of strictly theoretical
as a cut-off point below which recom-
and untested kind. He concludes that
mendations for Schedule 11 4B Orders
no matter where you target alternative
have seldom been made. Not only has
to custody recommendations, you can-
the 4B Unit succeeded in getting a
not decrease and may even increase
good supply of high tariff Orders but
levels of custody. Isn’t this precisely
this has been done neither at the
what is resulting from our existing
expense of any decline in the rate at
approach?
which other forms of non-custodial sen-
Although recourse to alternative to
tencing have been used with high tariff
custody strategies linked to fixed scales
offenders nor of any increased risk of
is very much on the increase nationally,
custody among lower tariff offenders.
this type of approach has yet to become
Similar experiences have been reported
established practice in most areas and
to me from other areas where my risk
it therefore seems unjust to saddle it
of custody scale is being used and
I
with blame for having already failed to
know of nowhere where the...

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