Those working in criminal justice/probation may be interested in recent and possibly conflicting reports in this area. A report from the Ministry of Justice (2012), Process evaluations on intensive alternatives to custody, which assesses the efficacy of Intensive Alternatives to Custody in seven pilot areas of England and Wales. Initial finding indicate that the IAC orders were welcomed by both persistent offenders and seen as positive and effective by those working in sentencing and probation.
Meanwhile Civitas: Institute for the study of Civil Society have published Acquisitive Crime: imprisonment, detection and social factors which argues that longer custodial sentences are effective in reducing the number of future offences. Paul McDowell, chief executive of Nacro, argues that the Civitas analysis is flawed in todays Guardian .
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