RE-DIRECTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - PROTECTION THROUGH PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 19109
• Author(s): J H STEYN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: South Africa
• Note: LEOPOLD GREENBERG MEMORIAL LECTURE DELIVERED AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1973.

Annotation

THE AUTHOR STRESSES THE NEED FOR A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT IS NOT RETRIBUTIVELY ORIENTED BUT THAT IS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ORIENTED.

Abstract

CRIME PREVENTION MAY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH DECRIMINALIZATION; EDUCATION, PLANNING, AND RESEARCH; AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN CRIME PREVENTION. TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS SHOULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO OFFENDERS' NEEDS. THIS MAY BE ACHIEVED BY TREATING SENTENCING AS A PROCESS THAT CULMINATES WITH THE OFFENDERS' REHABILITATION.