Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Victims of Crime want Punishment - but not always Prison / HMI Probation, 16 November 2007
http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk/output/Page391.asp
An ICM survey for the Ministry of Justice of 1,085 victims of non-violent crime in the UK found that almost half (49%) placed punishment as the most important part of an offender's sentence, with reparation "payback" second most important (43%) and "rehabilitation" third (36%).