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humanistic one, largely premised on the aim of reform and rehabilitation of the criminals. The Influnce of his humanistic philosophy is very much evident on various legislative acts and judicial decisions. The humanistic theory of dealing with crime and criminals aims at sympathy, love and compassion and it emphasizes on the abolition of avarices, greed and non-possession of wealth and also advocates for non-violent approach to the solution of the problem of crime and criminals. In fact, the totality of the penalogy must be directed towards modifying the offender's behavioural patterns with the different technique and methodology. Meditation can play a role of beacon light towards this direction.
Preksha Meditation programme has been conducted inside some jails in Rajasthan State. The objective of programme was to apply the technique for the normalization and minimization of aggressive and daviant behaviour of the inmates of the prison. The hypothesis was that the accummulation of stress in nervous system, increased due to the abnormal flow of the secretion from the glands and due to the prison environment causes fatigue and produce physiological and psychological disorders such as anxiety, tension, depression, irritability, worry, high blood pressure, insomania, headache, confusion and consequently stress mounts in which mistakes and maladaptive behaviour become unavoidable. Since stress is now medically understood as a major contributor to disease, it should also be recognised as a major factor in crime. And for its cure Preksha Meditation technique has been prescribed by many physician and psychiatrists as a preventive measure of crime and delinguency.
The elimination of stress and the culturing of orderly thinking is a positive development towards crime prevention. The result of Preksha Meditation are highly encouraging. Participating inmates exhibit increased interest in vocational and educational pursuits, while prison staff experienced a significant decrease in disciplinary problem among inmates. These responses are exactly opposite to criminal patterns of behaviour.
There is a great need of change in attitudes and values of individuals and society, if we wish to have an effective crime prevention programme. Education has an important role to play in moulding of character, hence, the elements of values files non-violence, peace, humanright, environmental ethics, conflict-resoluton etc. should be inculcated in our educational curriculum of elementary to higher educa
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| SR No. | 524605 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2000 10 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2000 |
| Total Pages | 128 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 6 MB |