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Item Community service orders as part of juducial discretion in the criminal justice system(Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA), 2011) Amoo, Samuel K.State responsibility includes inter alia the promulgation and provision of rules and institutions to maintain peace and security and protect the integrity of the State. Compliance with or obedience to social norms is a sine qua non for the achievement of this objective. The history of penology teaches that the search for compliance with rules and norms has resulted in the imposition of a variety of punishments which include incarceration. Whilst incarceration has traditionally been recognized in the penology of the criminal justice systems worldwide as both a punishment and a crime prevention strategy, research, however, greatly discounts this theory and reformists of criminal justice systems all over the world have advocated community-based corrections as an alternative crime prevention strategy in certain instances. The imposition of community service orders or correctional supervision is within the general criminal jurisdiction of the Courts but there is the need for legislative intervention to provide for the additional legal regime required for the complete implementation of the programme in Namibia. This paper investigates the merits of community-based corrections as an alternative crime prevention strategy and argues for its incorporation in the criminal justice system of Namibia.