JOURNALS

ABSTRACT

The logical necessity of punishment is consistent with human rationality. The dynamic tension of the forces of good and evil or right and wrong reflect in the degrees of order and disharmony in the society. The causal relation of crime and punishment is a matter of ethics, law, cultural practice and common sense.Crime and punishment portray the internecine forces of the moral dualism of right and wrong that co-exist in the society. This paper has as its assignment the investigation into what punishment is all about. Itexamined the theories of punishment with further elucidation on the state of affairs of the subject under scrutiny. The paper delved into contemporary discourse regarding the way forward as far as punishment is concerned. It zeroedin on issues of content and context in critical educational schemes for pre-crime ideological approach to a possibly crime-free society. The methodology adopted is that of expository analysis of the state of affairs of punishment in the society and the synthesis of a paradigm shift towards punishment.