The cost and cost effectiveness of community penalties: principles, tools and examples

Martin Knapp, Ann Netten (1997)

in George Mair (ed.) Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community Penalties Avebury, Aldershot 133-150

Abstract

Why are economic evaluations needed in the criminal justice area, particularly in relation to community penalties? And how might they be conducted? These are principal questions addressed in this chapters, with illustrations drawn from recent research