• Eliminating Crime Through Law—Is It Possible?
    Awake!—1979 | July 8

    • A few of the countries surveyed provide for compensation or reparation to the victim. Goods stolen, if found by the police, are returned. In some lands the robber or thief is required to make compensation; in others, victims may sue for compensation, with good prospects of a favorable judgment from the court. The severity of penalties varies according to the circumstances under which the crime was committed, such as age of offenders, being influenced by economic situations, customs, mores, and so forth.

  • Eliminating Crime Through Law—Is It Possible?
    Awake!—1979 | July 8

    • Imprison- Up to 4 to 10 Yrs. From a Strokes

      ment, Life Imprison- Fine (Flogging)

      Death to Death Imprison- ment to 10

      ment Yrs.

      Robbery† 1 2 5 11

      Theft 1 1 16 1

      [Footnotes]

      a Survey of 19 countries.

      †While “theft” is a broader term, “robbery” refers to stealing from the person or in the immediate presence of a person by violence or threat of violence.