Jordanian Law's Punitive Approach To Crimes Involving Human Trafficking In Light Of Recent Amendments

Abstract

Similar to other penal laws, Jordanian legislation employs a dual punitive approach to dealing with human trafficking offences, aiming to both deter offenders and motivate them to repent and cooperate with the authority of the state.

Notwithstanding the deterrence that the Jordanian legislator applies using a strict punitive policy in the recent amendment to the Human Trafficking Prevention Law is considered a common policy to Deter crime in general and human trafficking crime in particular, the legislator adoption of tolerance policy in tackling these crimes, to encourage the offender to leave the criminal groups and to cooperate with the state justice authorities, has become the distinctive feature of this punitive policy for this type of crime.