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Criminology and Penology Syllabus.pdf
Elective course · Semester 8 · Fourth Year · 4 credits

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Syllabus for Criminology and Penology

Elective course · Semester 8 · Fourth Year · 4 credits

Module I

  • 1 Nature and scope- Crime and Criminology Concept of Crime- 18 , 19 and 20 Century
  • th th th Classification of Crime Definitions of Criminology History of criminology Inter –Relation between Criminology, Penology and Criminal Law Is criminology a science?
  • 1.2 The Schools of Criminology Pre-classical School of Criminology The Classical School Neo-classical school Positive School Cartographic School Clinical School of Criminology Sociological School of Criminology Socialist School of Criminology New Criminology Trends for research

Module II

  • 2.1 Causes of Criminal Behaviors Heredity and Crime Bio-physical factors and criminality Freud‘s Theory of Criminal Behaviour Group and class conflict Emotional and psychological factors Certain modern and technological developments Atrocities Theory of Differential Association (Sutherland) Multiple factors approach to crime causation: - Mobility, Cultural conflicts, Family background, Political ideology, Religion and crime, Economic condition, Ecology of crime.
  • 2.2 Classification of Criminals:
  • Ordinary &First-time offenders
  • Habitual offenders, Women offenders
  • Juveniles in conflict with law
  • White Collar Criminals
  • Cyber Criminals
  • Terrorists

Module III

  • 3.1 Police and Criminal Justice The police system Structural organization of police at the centre and states Mode of recruitment and training Powers and duties of police under Police Act, Criminal Procedure Code and other laws Method of police investigation Third degree method Corruption in police Relationship between police and prosecution Liability of police for custodial violence Police public relations Police Reforms
  • 3.2 Meaning of penology
  • 3.3 Theories of punishment
  • 3.4 Kinds of punishment 3.5Capital punishment

Module IV

  • 4.1 Treatment or Correction of Offenders The need for reformation and rehabilitation of offenders undergoing punishment/ imprisonment The role of psycho-analysts and social workers in the prison Vocational and religious education and apprenticeship programmes for the offenders Group counseling and re-socialization programmes Prisoner‘s organizations for self-government Participation of inmates in community services An appraisal of reformative techniques Efficacy of imprisonment as a measure to combat criminality and the search for substitutes The Prisons Act, 1894 Kinds of Prison
  • 4.2 Probation of offenders Probation and suspended sentence – Distinction The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
  • 4.3 Parole and Furlough Parole and indeterminate sentence- Distinction Parole and Probation comparison Parole distinguished from furlough The object of Parole Parole in India Condition of Parole Parole violation Supervision of parolees Problems of the released offender Attitudes of the community towards released offender
  • 4.4 Victimology Definition, nature and development of victimology Victim and criminal justice system in India UN Declaration on Justice for Victims of Crimes, 1985 Rehabilitation and reconciliation of victims

SUGGESTED READINGS

  • 1 Ahmad Siddique, Criminology Problems & Perspective (5th ed., 2007) 4.
  • 2 N.V. Paranjape, Criminology and Penology (13th ed., 2008) Salmond and Heuston – On the Law of Torts, Universal, Delhi
  • 3 Gaur. K.D. (3 Edn. 2015); Criminal Law, Criminology and Administration of Criminal rd Justice Universal Law Publishing
  • 4 S. S. Srivastava, Criminology, Penology & Victimology (6th ed., 2012) Criminology, Penology & Victimology, (2 Edn. 2019) Bright Law House nd
  • 5 Allen, Friday, Roebuck and Sagarin, Crime and Punishment: An introduction to Criminology, The Free press. New York.
  • 6 National Police Commission Report
  • 7 Law Commission‘s Report on Capital punishment

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai Revised Syllabus for LL.B. (5 years) Five Years Integrated Course (CBCS), in force from the academic year 2022-23 and amended in June 2023. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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