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Recommendation 6
6
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Increasing the use of community orders is likely to result in a decline of reoffending,...
Conclusion
Increasing the use of community orders is likely to result in a decline of reoffending, which would result in long-term savings. While the most intensive types of community orders are expensive to deliver, they typically cost less than custody.
Paragraph Reference:
46
Government Response
Position Not Stated
HM Government · verbatim extract
Position Not Stated
24. We believe that community orders provide the courts with a range of robust requirements to effectively punish and rehabilitate offenders. As set out in the response to JHAC3, there is persuasive evidence that community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. 25. MoJ analysis of the economic and social costs of reoffending4 estimated that the annual cost of reoffences committed by adults who had previously received a custodial sentence of less than 12 months was £5 billion. Given the evidence that community sentences can be more effective at reducing reoffending, this could lead to considerable savings in economic and social costs. J
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