Crime Prevention through Punishment

An Exploration of Social Alternatives to Crime Prevention

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, it would give me great pleasure to show my gratitude to my professor, for his propositions, remarks, understanding and patience. It would also be an honour to express gratitude to my parents, my mother, my father, my sister and my brother for their endless support in my life and allowing me to make all my decisions. I would also like to take the opportunity to show appreciation to my co-workers for their expert cooperation on every occasion. I would also like to be grateful to the Department, managers of the university, instructors and students who have supported me throughout this research.

DECLARATION

I declare that the content presented in this thesis/dissertation is, in my understanding and opinion, original and has not been presented for scholarly assessment in the past, either completely or partly, for an academic degree at this educational institution or elsewhere. I would also like to admit that I have studied and understood the principles, prerequisites, processes and guidelines of the University regarding the higher academic degree research award and to my dissertation. I would also like to declare that I have abided by the University's principles, prerequisites, processes and guidelines.

ABSTRACT

Crime prevention is multi-level and social measures of state aimed at eliminating the causes and conditions of crime or their reduction and thus help in reducing crime. The global problem of crime prevention finds intensive development in the works of well-known legal scholars and social scientists. Crime can be prevented by several preventative strategies; however, the most effective one involves the preventive effect on the dynamics, structure, and causes of crime in general. This is known as social prevention, which is beyond the scope of criminology and is part of the social practice in general, and subject to all of the social sciences and human and crime control. This research study is concerned with these social preventive alternatives for crime. The purpose of this mixed method research is to understand the concept of crime and the criminal acts in the society, analyse the crime prevention strategies used to reduce or eliminate crime, explore the use of punishment as a crime prevention strategy and investigate the social alternatives to crime prevention.

TABLE OF CONTENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Study1

Research Question2

Research Objectives2

Structure of the Thesis3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

Crime4

Causes of Crime5

Prevention of Crimes7

Criminal Punishment10

Factors of Punishment11

Alternative Measures of Criminal Punishment14

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY17

Research Design18

Overview of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Approaches19

Data Collection20

Sampling21

Interview Question Design22

Questionnaire Design22

Data Analysis24

Literature selection criteria25

Ethical Concerns25

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS26

Questionnaire Analysis26

Interview Analysis35

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION40

REFERENCES43

APPENDICES52

Appendix A: Participant Consent form52

Appendix B: Likert Scale Questionnaire Survey53

Appendix C: Interview Questionnaire for the Crime Prevention Officer56

Appendix D: Interview Questionnaire for the Magistrate57

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this chapter is to provide the reader a brief overview about the research topic and provides the main purpose and aim behind this research study. It comprises of the background of the problem, which provides a brief overview of the topic of the research and the ...