The book: Modern trends in alternative penalties in the face of short-term imprisonment Author: Ghaith Juma Saeed Year of publication: 2020 Specialization: Criminal law Publishing house: University Thought House About the book: The evaluation of short-term penalties of deprivation of liberty and the proposition of alternatives is an urgent matter in modern punitive thought. And it is not only a legal, economic and social necessity, but rather a humanitarian necessity that enhances human value and dignity and achieves the greatest amount of benefit for society. This is because reform and rehabilitation programs require exorbitant expenditures that penal institutions are unable to provide, and crime rates are increasing, which impedes the implementation of some of these programs, if any, and if some of them are implemented, they are useless, especially if they are of short duration.
