Inkeri Anttila Control without repression?

Abstract: The article deals with the idea of possibility of crime control without repression. The author examines the question from different points of view: in the aspect of organization of prisons within the scope of creation of prison institutions of a new type (the author analyses the functions of the prisons — general prevention etc.); trying to find a kind of a punishment that is less repressive than imprisonment and in terms of creation of a new society where the crime is (almost) fully controlled by new means, such as: informal control used instead of a formal control; system of positive sanctions (reward of law-abiding persons etc.) and so on. Key words: comparative law, criminal justice, repression, punishment, prison, involuntary treatment, system of positive sanctions