CORRECTIONAL & REHABILITATIVE TECHNIQUES OF PUNISHMENT: A NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE REFORM IN INDIA

I. INTRODUCTION Penal Law is an instrument of social change.2A healthy administration of criminal law is essential for a proper functioning of the constitutional democracy.3 The successful rehabilitation of the offender is the responsibility of the criminal justice system. The object of punishment in the scheme of the modern social defence is correction of the wrong doer who in many cases may be a mere manifestation of a deep rooted psychosocial maladjustment for which the society itself may be responsible in a number of ways.The present research study endeavours to evolve modern correctional techniques keeping in mind the best practices around the globe. In Indian milieu, what role correctional and rehabilitative measures will play in reestablishing the criminal justice system and also in reintegrating the offender in India