Abstract
This study addresses the issue of the relationship between precautionary measures and criminal punishment.
It addresses the issue from two prospections; first, it highlights the question as to whether it is possible to apply one
of the above-mentioned components to the exclusion of the other in order to limit criminal risks. Second, it addresses
the issue of a combination of precautionary measures along with criminal punishment especially in controversial cases
where by the judge have been granted the authority to deal with. Thus, this study deals with the problem at two levels;
first, it addresses the concept and meaning of precautionary measure types and the conditions/circumstances for their
application. Second, the study deals with the purposes of precautionary measures and their relationship with criminal
punishment including the Jordanian legislator’s stance from all of this.
The study has concluded that criminal punishment and precautionary measures are directly related and inseparable
from each other in dealing with criminal risk. Therefore, precautionary measure can have a great impact concerning
criminal acts control as well as criminal correction and rehabilitation, which will lead to accommodating the criminal to
go back to normal life as every other normal healthy citizen.