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Global Trends in Corrections

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Ulla V. Bondeson
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Why do we punish ? What is the objective of criminal policy ? We often assume that criminal policy is governed by rationality. A rational policy identifies the means by which a given objective is to be reached at the minimum of costs. The objective itself cannot be determined by scientific means. It is usually taken for granted that the goal of criminal policy is simply to reduce crime rates. The Finnish criminologist Törnudd (1996) has proposed a more specific formulation : the goal of criminal policy is to minimize the cost and suffering caused by crime and by crime control, and to allocate this cost and suffering in a just manner.

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International Annals of Criminology , Volume 36 , Issue 1-2: 12th International Congress on Criminology, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1998 , 1998 , pp. 91 - 116
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Copyright © 1998 International Society for Criminology

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I would like to thank the Director of HEUNI, Dr Matti Joutsen, for giving valuable comments on this paper, and for giving me access to the Fifth UNCJS which is not yet published. I also wish to thank Christopher Rumble for his assistance in revising the English language of this paper.

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