CONSULTATION ON PENAL POLICIES - INTRODUCTION, LECTURES, GROUP REPORTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF A CONSULTATION HELD AT THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE, 18-25 JUNE 1970

• NCJ Number: 16276
• Author(s): D JENKINS; J BERNHEIM; M KEELING
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 53 pages
• Corporate Author: World Council of Churches
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: Switzerland

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT INDICATES THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT AIMS AND METHODS FOR DEALING WITH OFFENDERS AND THE SORT OF ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS THAT INFORMED AND CONCERNED CHRISTIANS ARE WILLING TO GIVE.

Abstract

THERE WERE THREE ADDRESSES WHICH DISCUSS PENAL POLICIES, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, AND CRIME, THEOLOGY, AND GUILT. SEMINAR REPORTS ARE IN OUTLINE FORM. THESE SEMINARS DELVED INTO THE PROBLEMS OF LAW AND GOVERNMENT ACTION, THE CONCEPT OF CRIMINALITY, THE AIMS OF PENAL ACTION, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY.