Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore the demographic differences determining rehabilitation of offenders in Punjab province, Pakistan. Probation within criminal justice system intends to reform the offenders who get punishment for their involvement in minor offences and probation is revocable release of such offenders under the supervision of a probation officer. Quantitative research method was employed to obtain the relevant data from the respondents. For this purpose simple random sampling method was utilized to select 10 districts of Punjab province out of total 36. Proportionate sampling method was applied to include all selected districts in the study and a sample of 511 probationers was finalized. The structured questionnaire was used to get responses from the respondents and raw data was coded and analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The results of the study showed that the demographic factors i.e., age an education are significant determinants of rehabilitation of probationers. With increase in age and educational level, the chances of rehabilitation increased. Thus, demographic features of offenders under probation were found significant for predicting their chances of rehabilitation. It is suggested that role of probation in criminal justice system may be enhanced by giving awareness and easy access to probation opportunity by the concerned legal officials
Javed Iqbal Khokhar, Dr Saif-ur-Rehman Saif Abbasi , Qamar Abbas Jafri. (2016) Determining Rehabilitation under Probation System: Demographic Differences of Offenders in Punjab Province, Pakistan, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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