Criminology, Penology & Victimology

Unit I — Criminology

Concept of Crime · Nature/Scope of Criminology · Schools of Criminology · Theories of Crime (Demographic, Free Will, Psycho-analytical, etc.)

• Nature and scope — Crime and Criminology
• 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
• Causes of Criminal Behaviors Heredity and Crime Bio-physical factors and criminality

Unit II — Organized crime and White-Collar Crimes

Organized Crimes · White-Collar Crimes (Vohra Committee)

Unit III — Penology

Theories of Punishment · Kinds of Punishment, Judicial Sentencing · Capital Punishment, Police System

• Police and Criminal Justice The police system
• Meaning of penology
• Theories of punishment
• Kinds of punishment 3.5Capital punishment

Unit IV — Prison Administration

Prison Administration · Probation, Parole, Recidivism

• Treatment or Correction of Offenders
• Probation of offenders
• Parole and Furlough

Unit V — Victimology

Definition, Theories · Victim Compensation, Rehabilitation

• Victimology