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Discusses developments in conditional sentencing in Canada. Conditional sentence for an offender who poses a risk to the community; Combination of a conditional sentence with a term of custody; Supervision of offenders serving conditional sentences; Empirical research on conditional sentencing; Politics of sentencing reform.

Explains why it can be expected that uncertainty in conditional sentencing will continue in Canada. Objectives of restorative justice; Three options of a sentencing judge; Combination of punitive and restorative aspects in a conditional sentence; Coexistence of restorative justice with punishment; Obstacles to restorative objectives.