The role of the Catholic Church in crime prevention: a case study in Iganga Municipal Council
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2013-06
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Kampala International University.College of Law
Abstract
Crime Prevention measures can and should have consequences that are oriented normatively,
empirically and strategically toward creating a better society for all. Therefore, in the light of
increasingly rabid law-and-order discourse, and the trait and express support for the crime
control agenda by more conservative crime prevention practitioners, the task ahead for the liberal
and radical criminologists is to continue the fight against punitive coercive forms of crime
response. In doing so, there is a need to challenge the logic of conservation to build alliances
between like - minded people and practitioners at an individual and organizational level, and to
develop transitional strategies that incorporate any method of crime prevention that enhances and
empowers people at local and regional levels. The rule of law and those of human rights which
are recognized in international instruments to which member states are parties must be respected
in all aspects of crime prevention.
A culture of lawfulness should be actively promoted in crime prevention strategies. No single
approach ( or underlying theory of intervention) is inherently better than the other. All of them
have advantages and disadvantage
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Thesis presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University, Kampala. Uganda in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Master’s degree in Criminal Law and Criminology
Keywords
Catholic Church, crime, Prevention, Iganga