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http://www.noms.homeoffice.gov.uk
The website of the National Offender Management Service has details of the structure of the organisation and how it works; it also contains various policy and strategy documents.

http://www.justice.gov.uk
This is the website of the Ministry of Justice which is responsible for probation. It provides probation and prison statistics, consultation papers, and recent research reports.

http://www.probation.homeoffice.gov.uk
The National Probation Service website describes what probation does and contains key policy documents.

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk
The Home Office website contains an archive of all Home Office Research Studies, a number of which cover the issue of alternatives to custody.

http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is an independent charity that focuses upon crime and the criminal justice system. A series of studies of the Community Order and the Suspended Sentence Order are available on its website.

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