Category: Rehabilitation

Social Significance of Deviant Behaviour – Essay. Deviance poses a danger to the stability of the social order. It may be destructive of organisation in at least three ways.(a) Deviance is more or less a loss or defect of a critical part in a complicated mechanism. An organised social activity is possible only when the different members perform their respective func­tions in accordance with the expectations.If some members fail to do their duties the continued functioning of the larger activity is endangered. For example, if the commanding officer of a mili­tary unit defects in the middle of the War, the army as such suffers a terrible setback. Image Source: images.wisegeek.com ADVERTISEMENTS: (b) Deviance may undermine organisation by destroying people’s willingness to play their parts. Deviance offends people’s sense of justice…

Poverty shares an intimate connection with crime. Although it is true that all criminals are not poor and the poor are not all criminals, it is the likelihood of people living in poverty to commit crimes that brings up the correlation.The causes and effects of poverty are the determining factors that make poverty often resort to crime. The fact that most white collared crime goes uninvestigated and unprotected is probably one reason why more crime is associated with poverty. ADVERTISEMENTS: However by stating there is a connection, what we are really saying is that poor people are intrinsically criminal which also suggests that they are inherently poor as well.The truth is that all of us share equal probability of doing evil. What is it that keeps us from doing evil?…

Essay on the Characteristics that must be included in an Ideal Penal System !By way of generalisation, it may be stated that efficacy of a penal system is to be assessed in the light of its impact on society in general and the criminal in particular. Punishment of offenders though necessarily arduous, is inevitable in the interest of the community at large therefore; every civilised nation must have a definite penal programme.An ideal penal system must essentially include the following characteristics:— ADVERTISEMENTS: 1. A rational penal policy should aim at protecting the society from crimes and reclaim criminals by removing imperfections in the penal law of the country. Greater emphasis should be on prevention rather than cure. All necessary steps should be taken to ensure that people do not get…

(1) The Committee shall have the final authority to dispose of cases for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of the children as well as to provide for their basic needs and protection of human rights. Image Source: mfa-cpa.com ADVERTISEMENTS: (2) Where a Committee has been constituted for any area, such Committee shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, but save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, have the power to deal exclusively with all proceedings under this Act relating to children in need of care and protection.Comment: Section 31 relates to the powers of the Child Welfare Committee. The Committee has been conferred power as a final authority to dispose of cases relating to (1) care, (2) protection, (3) treatment,…

(1) On receipt of a report under Section 32, the Committee, [***] shall hold an inquiry in the prescribed manner and the Committee, on its own or on the report from any person or agency as mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 32, may pass an order to send the child to the children’s home for speedy inquiry by a social worker or child welfare officer. Image Source: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com(2) The inquiry under this section shall be completed within four months of the receipt of the order or within such shorter period as may be fixed by the Committee: ADVERTISEMENTS: Provided that the time for the submission of the inquiry report may be extended by such period as the Committee may, having regarded to the circumstances and for the reasons recorded…

The rehabilitation and social reintegration of a child shall begin during the stay of the child in a children’s home or special home and the rehabilitation and social reintegration of children shall be carried out alternatively by— Image Source: 4.bp.blogspot.com(i) Adoption; ADVERTISEMENTS: (ii) Foster care;(iii) Sponsorship; and(iv) Sending the child to an after-care organisation.Comment: ADVERTISEMENTS: When a juvenile or child is brought to a Children’s Home, Special Home or a shelter home, efforts should be made for his rehabilitation and reintegration. This section suggests four alternative measures for the rehabilitation and re-orientation of such juveniles or children. They are—(1) Adoption of orphaned, abandoned, neglected or abused children through institutional or non-institutional means;(2) Foster care is used for temporary placement of those infants who are ultimately to be sent to some…

(1) The foster care may be used for temporary placement of those infants who are ultimately to be given for adoption. Image Source: youthvoices.netIn foster care, the child may be placed in another family for a short or extended period of time, depending upon the circumstances where the child’s own parent usually visit regularly and eventually after the rehabilitation, where the children may return to their own homes. ADVERTISEMENTS: The State Government may make rules for the purposes of carrying out the scheme of foster care programme of children.Comment: This section makes provision for foster-care of such children who are ultimately to be given in adoption. According to provision contained in sub-section (2); the infant or child may emporarily be placed in another family for a short time where his…

(1) Restoration of and protection to a child shall be the prime objective of any children’s home or the shelter home. Image Source: fbcostudentsdotorg.files.wordpress.com(2) The children’s home or a shelter home, as the case may be, shall take such steps as are considered necessary for the restoration of and protection to a child deprived of his family environment temporarily or permanently where such child is under the care and protection of a children’s home or a shelter home, as the case may be. ADVERTISEMENTS: (3) The Committee shall have the powers to restore any child in need of care and protection to his parent, guardian, fit person or fit institution, as the case may be, and give them suitable directions.Explanation:For the purposes of this section “restoration of and protection of…

Section 14 – Duties of Probation Officers – Probation of Offenders Act:A Probation Officer shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions, as may be prescribed,— Image Source: kywp.uscourts.gov(a) Inquire, in accordance with any directions of a Court, into the circumstances or home surroundings of any person accused of an offence with a view to assist the Court in determining the most suitable method of dealing with him and submit reports to the Court; ADVERTISEMENTS: (b) Supervise probationers and other persons placed under his supervision and, where necessary, endeavour to find them suitable employment;(c) Advise and assist offenders in the payment of compensation or costs ordered by the Court;(d) Advise and assist, in such cases and in such manner as-may be prescribed, persons who have been released under Section 4; and…

Section 13 – Probation Officers – Probation of Offenders Act:(1) A Probation Officer under this Act shall be— Image Source: kywp.uscourts.gov(a) A person appointed to be a Probation Officer by the State Government or recognised as such by the State Government; or ADVERTISEMENTS: (b) A person provided for this purpose by a society recognised in this behalf by the State Government; or(c) In any exceptional case, any other person who, in the opinion of the Court, is fit to act as a Probation Officer in the special circumstances of the case.(2) A Court which passes an order under Section 4 or the District Magistrate of the district in which the offender for the time being resides may, at any time, appoint any Probation Officer in the place of the person…