A unique account of the realities of a Community Service work session, based on lengthy participant observation. The author highlights how justice is negotiated between offender and supervisor, deviance is absorbed and pragmatic adjustments made.
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Based on the author's fuller research account, 'The Enforcement of Community Service Orders in one area of Southern England', ( 1982), unpublished Ph D thesis, University of London
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If weather conditions do not permit and offenders cannot be accommodated elsewhere, the session is classified as 'rained off and offenders are allowed to return home
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Bosch on Section 3 (1) of Health & Safety at Work Act, 1974
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J. Sussex, (1974),'Community Service by Offenders' Year One in Kent ', Barry Rose, p 4
