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    Effects of Economic Factors on Crime Rate Among Youth in Namatala Ward, Industrial City Division Mbale City
    (Uganda Christian University, 2024-09-05) Stella Asio
    Criminal policy reforms in Germany and other European countries turned to non-custodial and informal sanctions as a response to the rising crime rates of the 1970s (see Weigend 1995, Cherry 2001, Oberwitter and Hoefer 2005, Jehle and Wade 2006, Heinz 2006). The main aspect of these reforms is the emphasis on restricting the use of imprisonment. In particular, short-term custodial sanctions were driven back in favor of probation and non-custodial sentences such as fines. In Germany, in 2005 it was less than every tenth (8.3%) judgment that imposed an unconditional prison sentence. In 1950, this share was still at 39.1% (Heinz 2006). Besides constraining unconditional prison sentences, the second pillar of criminal policy reforms was to strengthen the role of the public prosecutor in the context of pre-trial diversion, which was likewise considered as ‗informal sanctioning‘. Criminal policy reforms in Germany and other European countries turned to non-custodial and informal sanctions as a response to the rising crime rates of the 1970s (Weigend 1995, Cherry 2001, Oberwitter and Hoefer 2005, Jehle and Wade 2006, Heinz 2006). The main aspect of these reforms was the emphasis on restricting the use of imprisonment. In particular, short-term custodial sanctions were driven back in favor of probation and non-custodial sentences such as fines. In Germany, in 2005 it was less than every tenth (8.3%) judgment that imposed an unconditional prison sentence. In 1950, this share was still at 39.1% (Heinz 2006).