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

Authors

Kate O'Hara, Technological University DublinFollow
Mary Rogan, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Social work., 5.6 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Publication Details

IRISH PROBATION JOURNAL Volume 12, October 2015, ISSN 1649-639X

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.

DOI

10.21427/D77N32

Recommended Citation

O’Hara, K. & Rogan, M. (2015). Examining the Use of Community Service Orders as Alternatives to Short Prison Sentences in Ireland. Irish Probation Journal, 12, 22-45. http://www.iprt.ie/files/Irish_Probation_Journal.pdf