A sentence whereby an offender is required to perform community service.
Example sentencesExamples
- Appearing to take a tough line on dangerous offenders may have been a trade-off for community sentences.
- The day ended with most defendants being fined or given community sentences.
- The Government wants magistrates to hand out more community sentences.
- The measures follow a public outcry over failures to monitor released prisoners or to manage offenders serving community sentences who went on to kill.
- The government, ministers might say, is already convinced of the value of community sentences.