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The Problem of Crime and Punishment :
A Humanistic Approach
- Dr. Anil Dhar
Problem
Crime had been a constant irritant for different types of rulers and the social reformers. It is a major social problem and since ages society is trying to minimise it. Society cannot be benefitted by letting crime have its own way without attempting to eradicate it by psychologically sound methods. Crime is a phenomenon, which is of primary concern to every members of society. Crime co-exists with society. Unless the task of social and economic development of the society and the restructuring of its social order is seriously and intelligently taken up and the evil features of the administrative and political system eliminated, the crimes cannot be rooted out. In fact, it is a common notion that criminals are not born but made. Social philosophers and reformers believe that no man is born criminal. Kahlil Gibran sees human nature as basically good, asserting that man does not turn bad unless circumstances go against him. Good and evil are two names for the same thing and are not separated except by a thin line. Man is victimized by his human weakness, his physical and emotional needs and the bad economic and environmental conditions he has to endure which often push
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