NCJ Number
103969
Journal
Social Defence Volume: 21 Issue: 81 Dated: (July 1985) Pages: 29-33
Date Published
1985
Length
5 pages
Annotation
While the law in India provides for protecting the public and seeks to mitigate the harshness of existing inequalities, the criminal justice system has been largely ineffective in controlling or preventing crime.
Abstract
In India, only a small proportion of crime comes to the notice of police, and even this small portion is treated perfunctorily because of lack of adequate police training and equipment, preoccupation with other duties, and heavy caseloads. In addition, the correctional system has little deterrent effect aside from removing criminals from society for a particular period. Crime exists everywhere and is an expression of the evil elements in man, who also has good elements. Poverty, too, contributes to crime. Effective prevention and control must, therefore, focus on the social order and those aspects of socialization that contribute to criminality. Crime is a problem of the government, the society, and the individual. Consequently, in dealing effectively with crime, social institutions, social environments, and social order have important roles. Communitarian societies will have lower crime rates and more efficient criminal justice systems.