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Crime and the Penal System

Crime and the Penal System AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March, 1971): 4, 1 Crime and The Penal System MANUEL LO-PEZ-REY* I. Purpose 'I'HE purpose of this paper is to show that, with some exceptions, the penal system of our time does not correspond to present and future evolution of society; that it is generally obsolete and manifestly unjust and that as a whole it is a contributing factor to the increase of crime. 1 For reasons some of which are examined below, while many systems have been radical­ ly changed to meet present and future transformations, that of criminal justice, in spite of frequent reforms, remains essentially what it was more than a hundred years ago. The result of this patching method has been the preservation of a penal system unable to provide what is demanded of it: criminal justice. Since this is more important than the rehabilitation of offenders or the elaboration of criminological theories and sub-theories, what follows is an attempt to draw attention to the urgent task of creating a penal system in accordance with the characteristics and aims of our time and the immediate future. The method followed is that of referring ad exemplum to specific cases, to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (March, 1971): 4, 1 Crime and The Penal System MANUEL LO-PEZ-REY* I. Purpose 'I'HE purpose of this paper is to show that, with some exceptions, the penal system of our time does not correspond to present and future evolution of society; that it is generally obsolete and manifestly unjust and that as a whole it is a contributing factor to the increase of crime. 1 For reasons some of which are examined below, while many systems have been radical­ ly changed to meet present and future transformations, that of criminal justice, in spite of frequent reforms, remains essentially what it was more than a hundred years ago. The result of this patching method has been the preservation of a penal system unable to provide what is demanded of it: criminal justice. Since this is more important than the rehabilitation of offenders or the elaboration of criminological theories and sub-theories, what follows is an attempt to draw attention to the urgent task of creating a penal system in accordance with the characteristics and aims of our time and the immediate future. The method followed is that of referring ad exemplum to specific cases, to

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Mar 1, 1971

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