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Debate #311 · Crime, policing and criminal justice

Do Pakistan's prisons rehabilitate offenders or breed crime and militancy?

Asked 3 times · 2 years · Criminology
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (3)Evidence (1)PositionsSame themeIs juvenile delinquency in Pakistan driven more by poverty or by family breakdown?Does unplanned urban growth drive crime in Pakistan's cities?Should Pakistan's criminal investigations rely on forensic evidence over interrogation and confession?
+2 moreIs Pakistan's police failure rooted in politicisation or in lack of capacity?Can intelligence-led and international police cooperation effectively curb organised and transnational crime?

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Examiners want: Prison conditions, recidivism evidence, radicalisation risk, rehabilitation and reintegration models, and a correctional reform agenda

The questions

2024
CSS · Criminology · Discuss

Discuss the role of rehabilitation centers in the reformative treatment of criminals. How do these centers contribute to the reintegration of offenders into society?

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2020
CCE Sindh · Criminology · Discuss

Prisons in Pakistan lack systematic correctional mechanism and become nurseries of crime and militancy in the country. Discuss it with reference to conditions of prisons in Pakistan.

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2020
CCE Sindh · Criminology · Take a position

How far recidivism has been limited by the institution of prison? Explain some of the modern strategies used in prison for the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders.

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Evidence you can cite

Share of prisoners held pre-trial, Pakistan: 73.4% (July/August 2024)World Prison Brief, Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research

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