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reducing the maximum penalties for theft and burglary, except burglaries of people's homes, which can be a very serious matter;
requiring the courts to consider a report by the probation service before giving a custodial sentence and to give reasons for imposing a custodial sentence, except for the most serious offences :
encouraging more use of financial penalties, especially compensation to victims and fines which take account of offenders' means;
making the time actually served in prison closer to the sentence ordered by the court replacing the present system of permission and parole by new arrangements which ensure that all prisoners serve at least half their sentences in custody; prisoners serving sentences of 4 years of more would not get parole if this would put the public at risk;