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Crime and Penal Policy in the Socialist African Republic of Tanzania

Department of Sociology/Anhrpology, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota 55812-2496, U.S.A.

Since its independence from Britain in 1961, the nation of Tanzania in East Africa has undergone tremendous sociocultural, political and economic transfornations, the most important of which was the introduction of African socialism or ujamaa, meaning economic self-reliance and sufficiency. It is against this background that this article examines the trends in crime and the penal responses to crime in this African nation. The study is based on official crime data for four offense categories covering the period 1960-1984. The study finds that increases have occurred in homicides, major thefts (robbery, burglary), and minor thefts, whereas arrests for fraudulent practices have decreased significantly. In response to rising crimes, the socialist government enacted the Minimum Sentence Act and required flogging and mandatory imprisonment for certain offenses. In general these penal measures have not had any significant impact on crime.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 40, No. 2, 157-173 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X96402008


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