PROJECT SUBMISSION FOR CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY ON: USE OF PROBATION AND PAROLE FOR TREATING OFFENDER: A CRITIQUE (original) (raw)

Criminal justice is a matter of public policy. Theories of punishment have societal perspectives. Approbation or reprobation of an act or an omission is reflected in the penal laws. A criminal trial does not and with a judicial verdict of guilt or innocence. The follow up execution of the sentence, mercy or clemancy, parole, probation and remission too have multiferious societal dimensions. Administration of criminal justice presently emphasises on reformation and rehabilitation of the criminal. Open prison theory is in the air. There is a strong advocacy for reorientation in the age-old attitude towards the criminal. On the other hand crimes are in rise in aigebrical progression. Retribution or expiation may no longer influence the prescription of-sanction; but prevention and deterrence have onee again surfaced as justifications for punishment. Just desert theory has been mooted to be the most convincing theory of punishment in the present day world. This publication aims at contributing to filling that information gap. It provides detailed information on the working of probation and parole on the criminal justice system. This studies may provide useful insights on how to the provisions of probation and parole should apply for a convict and the follow up of their sentence