Add to ORKGThe author is a third-year law student at the University of Rhodesia, and submitted this essay in the normal course of his studies. Taking the classical theories of punishment in turn, he concludes that in the light of modern research and thought retribution, deterrence and prevention all have a place in the assessment of the most appropriate punishment but are greatly outweighed by rehabilitation—the need to make convicted criminals into better and not worse members of society. A promising method of rehabilitation is to switch the emphasis from punishment to compensation and reconciliation by putting the prisoner on normal, constructive labour under conditions that will give him an incentive to work hard in order to pay off his debt as ...
Retributive tbeory has long held pride of place among theories of criminal punishment in both philos...
This paper examines the consequences of the overlap between punishment and rehabilitation practices,...
This article points to the recent controversy surrounding the devaluation of prison rehabilitation a...
A RLJ article on modern theories of punishment.The author is a third-year law student at the Univers...
A lively debate began in the late 1970\u27s on the topic of criminal sentencing. A major attack was ...
Oddness aside, however, I think there is much to recommend the attempt to restore rehabilitation to ...
This is an anthology of readings, mostly well-known ones by wellknown contemporary authors, on the a...
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the 'Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfi...
textThe modern criminal justice system is experiencing what may be called a moral crisis brought abo...
In these days and with the increase in population, crimes increase day after day as a result of tech...
The article discusses the development of theories of punishment in modern, more and more knowledge-b...
Retributive theory has long held pride of place among theories of criminal punishment in both philos...
Starting around 1974 the nothing works movement became dominant in the United States, and it joined ...
There are visible signs that the “get-tough” era of punishment is finally winding down. A “get-smart...
Incarceration remains the foremost form of sentence for serious crimes in Western democracies. At th...
Retributive tbeory has long held pride of place among theories of criminal punishment in both philos...
This paper examines the consequences of the overlap between punishment and rehabilitation practices,...
This article points to the recent controversy surrounding the devaluation of prison rehabilitation a...
A RLJ article on modern theories of punishment.The author is a third-year law student at the Univers...
A lively debate began in the late 1970\u27s on the topic of criminal sentencing. A major attack was ...
Oddness aside, however, I think there is much to recommend the attempt to restore rehabilitation to ...
This is an anthology of readings, mostly well-known ones by wellknown contemporary authors, on the a...
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the 'Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfi...
textThe modern criminal justice system is experiencing what may be called a moral crisis brought abo...
In these days and with the increase in population, crimes increase day after day as a result of tech...
The article discusses the development of theories of punishment in modern, more and more knowledge-b...
Retributive theory has long held pride of place among theories of criminal punishment in both philos...
Starting around 1974 the nothing works movement became dominant in the United States, and it joined ...
There are visible signs that the “get-tough” era of punishment is finally winding down. A “get-smart...
Incarceration remains the foremost form of sentence for serious crimes in Western democracies. At th...
Retributive tbeory has long held pride of place among theories of criminal punishment in both philos...
This paper examines the consequences of the overlap between punishment and rehabilitation practices,...
This article points to the recent controversy surrounding the devaluation of prison rehabilitation a...