Madurai Kamaraj University Criminology

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M.A. Criminology And Police Administration syllabus
Unit – 1
Introduction: Criminology, Crime - Definitions - Historical perspectives - Nature origin and scope - Criminology as a Social Science - Relations with other Social Sciences, Arts, Science, Commerce, Medicine and Law subjects.
Unit - 2
Theoretical approaches to the study of Crime: Schools of Criminology - Classical, Neo – Classical, Cartographic and Biological Schools.
Unit - 3
Criminal Justice: Structure of Criminal Justice System in India - Roles of Legislature, Police, Judiciary and prison system in Criminal Justice, Co-operation and co-ordination among the various such systems of Criminal Justice System.
Unit - 4
Criminal Typology: Adult and Juvenile - Habitual offenders - Professional offenders - Violent offenders.
Unit - 5
Crime Typology: Crimes against person and Crimes against Property - Conventional Crimes,
White Collar Crimes - Organised Crime and Victimless Crime - Cyber Crime Terrorism.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Ahmed Siddique, (1993) Criminology, Problems and Perspectives, II edn., Eastern Book House, Lucknow.
Align, Friday, Roebuck and Sagarin (1981) Crime and Punishment : An Introduction to Criminology,
The Free Press, New York.
Brenden Maguire & Polly F. Radosh, (1999) Introduction to Criminology, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Bosten, U.S.A.,
ChockaUngam, K., (1997) ‘Kuttraviyal’ (Criminology) in Tamil,
Parvathi Publications,
Chennai.
Conklin, John. E., (2001) Criminology,
Macmillan Publishing Company.
Edwin H. Sutherland and Donald R. Cressay (1974) Principles of Criminology, Lippincott, Philadelphia.
George Vold and
Thomas J. Bernard (1986) New Horizons in Criminology, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Gibbons, Don, C., (1973) Society, Crime and Criminal Careers : An Introduction to Criminology.
Paranjape, N.V. (2002), Criminology and Penology,
11th Edition, Central Law Publications, Allahabad.
Siegel, L.J. (2003), Criminology,
Eighth Edition, Wadsworth, USA.
Sutherland, E.H. and Cressey,D.R. (1974), Principles of Criminology, Lippincott, Philadelphia.
Crime in India, (2010,2011) National Crime Record Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.


UNIT –I
Theoretical Perspectives in Criminology: Meaning and importance of Theories -Types of Criminological Theories - Historical Development of Theories: an overview - Criteria for evaluating Theories.
UNIT -II
Psychological and Psychiatric Theories:
Psychological Theories of Criminal Behaviour: Personality and Criminal Behaviour –Self Control and Crime -Aggressiveness and Crime -Personality Inventories: MMPI, CPI - Intelligence and crime - 10 Tests and Criminal Behaviour -The Gluecks Study on Juvenile Delinquency.
Psychiatric Theories of Criminal Behaviour: Crime and Mental Illness - Schizophrenia - Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs - Freudian View of Crime - The Anti-Social Personality - Bowlby's Theory of Delinquency.
UNIT –III
Sociological Theories: Crime and Social Structure
Crime and Social Structure – I: Social Structure Theory - Social Disorganisation Theory -The Chicago School - Strain Theory - General Strain Theories - Anomie - Institutional Anomie.
Crime and Social Structure - II: Subculture theories: Cohen's theory of the delinquent subculture - Miller's lower - Class gang delinquency - The subculture of violence theory of Wolfgang and Ferracuti - Cloward and Ohlin's theory of Differential Opportunity.
UNIT -IV: Sociological Theories: Crime and Social Process
Crime and Social Process –I: Socialization and Crime -Differential Association Theory -Differential Reinforcement Theory -Neutralization and Drift Theory.
Crime and Social Process -II: Hirsch’s Social Control or Social Bond Theory - Becker's Labeling Theory - Self-control and self-esteem as related to crime.
UNIT -V: Radical Criminologies
Crime and Power: Radical Criminology - Conflict Criminology - Marxist Criminology -Instrumental Marxism - Structural Criminology - Structural Marxism - Left Realism -Postmodern Theory - Peacemaking Criminology.

UNIT -VI: Gender, Crime and Justice
Feminist Criminologies: Liberal Feminist - Radical Feminist - Socialist Feminist - Criminologies - Contribution of Feminism to criminology.
UNIT -VII: Integrating Criminological Theories
Need for integration -Conceptual and propositional Integration -Types of integration: Akers, Cullen and Colvin, Elliott, Krohn, Thornberry, Kaplan, Tittle, Developmental and Life Course Theories.
Reference Books:
1. Akers, Ronald.L. and Sellers, Christine, S. (2004) Criminological Theories (Fourth Edition), Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
2. Curran, Daniel J. and Renezetti, Claire M. (2001) Theories of Crime, Second Edition, Pearson, USA
3. Siegel, L.J. (2003) Criminology, Eighth edition, Wadsworth, USA
4. Void, George B., Bernard, Thomas J., and Snipes, Jeffrey B. (2002) Theoretical Criminology, Oxford University Press, Oxford.


UNIT – I
Legislative Process
a. Social Contract Theory as the basic of Criminal Justice System.
b. Basis of Criminal Justice System in India – Constitution, IPC,Cr. P.C., & I.E.A.
c. Rule of Law – Concept and practice – Concept of Fair Trial.

Criminal Law
a. Social norms, Values and Criminal Law.
b. Sources and the content of Criminal Law in India.
c. Criminal Law: substantive,Procedural and Case Law.
d. Criminal Law in the Welfare State.

UNIT – II
Criminal Responsibility
a. Forms of social control
b. Criminal Law as a means of social control
c. Vice, Sin, Tort and Crime – Meaning and differentiation
d. Concept of Criminal Responsibility, Actus Reus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea – Strict liability – exemptions from criminal responsibility – General Exceptions – private defence.

Legal Provisions relating to traditional Crimes (I.P.C)
a. Offences against human body: Murder, hurt and rape.
b. Offences against Property: Theft, Extortion, Robbery and Dacoity, Criminal Breach of Trust, Cheating.
c. Offences against Public Tranquility, Riot, Unlawful Assembly.

UNIT –III
Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.)
a. Constitutional guarantees and protection of human rights in criminal cases rule of law.
b. Investigation in criminal cases - Arrest, bail proceedings, search, interrogation,

identification – Statements to police judicial control of abuse of power.
c. Preventive provisions under the Cr. P.C.
d. Prosecution – Organisation, working and withdrawal.
e. Criminal Courts, District, State and Union, Jurisdictions and Powers.
f. Types of Trials: Summary, Summons and Warrant trials.
g. Appeal, Revision and Review.


UNIT – IV
Evidence in Criminal Cases
a. Inquisitional and accusational approaches.
b. Evidence: Meaning, Principles, Concepts of Relevancy and Admissibility.
c. Presumption of innocence – the concept of fair trial – burden of proof.
d. Types of Evidence: Declarations, Confessions etc.
e. Expert Evidence: Medico-legal opinion. Forensic Science Expert etc.
f. Legal Aid.

UNIT – V
Social legislations
a. Protection of Civil Rights Act
b. Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989
c. Juvenile Justice Act
d. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
e. Probation of Offenders Act

Familiarization of the objectives of Economic Legislations such as FERA, COFEPOSA, Prevention of Corruption Act,Prevention of Food and adulteration Act, Dowry Prohibition Act and Narcotic and Psyshotropic Substances Act, Terrorist and Disruptive Act (TADA)
UNIT – VA
Judiciary
a. Organisation and functions of judiciary in India.
b. Role of Nyaya Panchayat and Lok Adalat at Village level and district level and other

Diversion procedures.
c. Delay in Criminal Justice Administration.

References
1. Atchuthan Pillai, P.S., 1983, Criminal Law, N.M. Tripathi, Bombay.
2. Dutta, L.K., 1979, Treatise on Criminal Law, See Chapters II,III,V,VII,VIII to XII, XVIII

to XXIV AND XXVII, Eastern Book Co, Lucknow.
3. Gaur, K.D., 1985, Criminal Law, (Cases and Materials) Second Edition, N.M. Tripathi,

Bombay.
4. Huda, Syed Shamshull, 1982, The Principles of the Law of Crimes, See Supplementary,

Chapter, Lectures I, V to X and XII, Eastern Book Co,
5. Lucknow.
6. Khan, M.Z. & Sharmark, 1982, Profile of a Nyaya Panchayat, New Delhi, National.


Unit - 1: Research Methodology - Introduction
Nature and Definition - Scientific Attitude - Criminological Research - Types of Research Designs - Experimental, Ex-post Factor (one group and two group), Time Series, Classic and Quasi-Experimental - Research Problem - Formulation and the Theoretical Justification for the problem.
Unit - 2: Hypothesis
Hypothesis - Definition - Types Formulation (through review of literature) testing of Hypothesis in Research – Its importance, two main types of error - Type I and Type II - Variable Selection - Data Collection - Different Types of Data - Modes of Collection - Observation - Interviews (scales, ethnography, questionnaires and schedules) Surveys.
Unit - 3: Measurement Scales:
Types of Scale - Other Psychological Inventories - Sociometric Instruments - How to Construct - Errors in Construction.
Sampling - Definition - Population and Sample - Types (Targeted - Probability and Non-Probability Techniques) - Advantages of Sampling - Requirements of a Good Sample Criteria for selecting Sampling Design - Sampling Frames - Probability Sampling Probability Distributions -Theoretical Explanation, Types - Cluster, Simple Random, Systematic, Stratified, Multiphase, Non - probability Sampling Systematic, Quota Sampling, Sequential, Snowball, Purposive, Incidental.
Unit - 4: Longitudinal Studies
Longitudinal Studies, Sampling Techniques used in Observation - Time Sampling, Event Sampling, situation Sampling.
Reliability and Validity - Errors in Measurement, Methods of Estimation, Types of Reliability and Validity Place Effect, Criterion Problems, Selection Bias.
Unit - 5: Data Analysis
Classification of Data - Coding and Tabulation, Report Writing, Ethics in Criminal Justice Research : Confidentiality, Computerisation of data in the Criminal Justice System.
Reference:
1. Aggarwal, V.P. 1990, Statistical Methods, Concepts, Application and Computation, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
2. Edwin, S. Johnson, Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1989.
3. Good & Hatt, 1952 Methods in Social Research, Mc. Graw Hill, New York.
4. John Hagan, 1982, Quantitative Criminology - Innovations and Applications, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
5. Mannheim, E.S., 1965, Comparative Criminology, Vol. 1 (Chapters Relating to Research Methods) Routeledge & Kegan Paul, London.
6. Misra R.P. 1988 Research Methodology - A Handbook, Concept Publishing Co., New Delhi.
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