Criminology

Unit 1 — Introduction

1.1 Nature and Scope of Criminology · 1.2 Importance of Criminology · 1.3 Schools of Criminology

• 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

Unit 2 — Causation of Crime

2.1 Heredity and crime · 2.2 Mental Disorder and criminality · 2.3 Conflict Theory of Crime

• Causes of Criminal Behaviors Heredity and Crime Bio-physical factors and criminality

Unit 3 — Theories of Crime

3.1 Sociological Theory, · 3.2 Tentative Theory · 3.3 Economic Theory

Unit 4 — Organized Crimes

4.1 Organized predatory crime · 4.2 Crime Syndicate · 4.3 Political Graft, · 4.4 Criminal Racket

Unit 5 — White Collar Crimes in India

5.1 Historical Background · 5.2 White Collar Crime in India · 5.3 Legislative measures · 5.4 New Judicial Trends · 5.5 United Nations Convention against Corruption, Enforcement Machinery- Lokpal, Lokayukta and CVC Referred Cases 1. Sunil Batra V Delhi Administration (1978) 4SCC 494 2. Sheela Barse V UOI, AIR 1986, SC 1773 3. Ramdeo Chauhan V Stae of Assam (2000) 7SCC 445 4. Jagmohan Singh V State of UP (1973) SCC 26