Conference on Crime Prevention and Planning - Appendix (From Crime Prevention and Planning, P 155-161, 1974 - See NCJ-70605)

• NCJ Number: 70610
• Author(s): E H Diouf
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 7 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: Paper presented by El Hadji Diouf to the Fourth West African Conference in Comparative Criminology, April 25, 26, 27, 1974, Abidjan, The Ivory Coast, South Africa. This is an appendix to the conference.

Annotation

Crime control and prevention elements of an economic and social development plan in Senegal include creating new and extending existing services for juvenile delinquents, improving cultural programs, and promoting traditional family ties.

Abstract

Crime fighting and crime prevention are difficult in developing nations because scarce resources are usually given to producing sectors, such as agriculture or public health. However, a 1973-1977 plan for economic and social development for Senegal calls for a juvenile corrections service to treat maladjusted children; completion of a youth rehabilitation camp; extension of existing services provided for juvenile delinquents; and creation of social services for juveniles providing social, probation, and protection services in several cities. In addition, camps, recreational facilities, clubs, and other projects are being planned to educate and entertain nondelinquent children to prevent crime. Punishment policy in the new social-economic plan acknowledges that punishment deters crime, but recommends fighting unemployment and promoting the family as better crime preventors. Finally, linked with social conditions and urbanization as causes of economic crime are the use of drugs and alcohol, the exodus from rural villages to cities, and the creation of new needs. A table is provided. For related papers, see NCJ 70605.