ROLE OF PUNISHMENT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER

• NCJ Number: 17011
• Author(s): J H STEYN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: P O Box 97
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: South Africa
• Note: ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND, MAY 1972.

Annotation

A DISCUSSION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM WITH SUGGESTED REFORMS TO ALLEVIATE THE HIGH NUMBER OF PER CAPITA INCARCERATIONS.

Abstract

EXPANSION OF THE PAROLE SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE CHOICES THAT MIGHT REDUCE THE PRISON POPULATION WHICH IS BETWEEN FOUR AND SIXTEEN TIMES HIGHER (PER CAPITA) THAN THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SWEDEN, BELGIUM, FRANCE, DENMARK, ENGLAND, AND FINLAND. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALSO MADE TO REEXAMINE THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND SOUTH AFRICA'S CRIMINAL LAW.