This course examines the development of ideologies pertaining to the punishment of offenders. It explores the rationale for imprisonment, including retribution, incapacitation, and rehabilitation and critically examines past and existing penal doctrines in Jamaica. Alternatives to incarceration and current ideas about penal reform are also critical examined.
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
