OPTIONAL – V: WHITE COLLAR CRIMES (PRIVILEGED CLASS DEVIANCE)

Unit 1

Introduction - Concept of white collar crime – Indian approaches to socio-economic offences- forms of privileged class deviance – official deviance (Legislators, judges and bureaucrats), professional deviance, trade union deviants, land law deviance, upper class deviance, police deviance, gender based deviance, deviance by religious leaders and organisations.

• Nature and scope — Crime and Criminology
• Concept of Crime, Components of Crime and Criminal Liability

Unit 2

Official deviance; Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

• Offences relating to public servants

Unit 3

Police and politicians’ deviance; N.N.Vorha Committee Report; Lokpal and Lokayukta institutions.

Unit 4

Professional deviance; Medical profession - The Lentin Commission Report; Legal profession – Opinions of Disciplinary Committee of Bar Council of India.

Unit 5

Gender based deviance – sexual harassment; Offences against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes