The return of the deferred sentence?

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The return of the deferred sentence?

Work with Offenders examines a new briefing from the Centre for Justice Innovation.

Date - 11th January 2021
By - Russell Webster - Work with Offenders

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Very many years ago when I was training to be a probation officer (to give you some idea of how far back in history we are talking about, one of my first cases was the post-release supervision of Cain for that well-known offence against his...

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