Syllabus

Course Code: MSW(E) -313    Course Name: Crime and Criminal Justice-I

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 - Criminology: definition, nature and scope
- Social, psychological and legal approaches of criminology
- Relationship of criminology with other social sciences .
- Relevance of criminology to contemporary society
2 - Crime: definition and nature, forms and consequences
- Theories of Crime : Sociological theories, Ecological theory.
- Culture Conflict theory
- Differential Association theory.
- Anomie theory
3 - Positive Theories of Crime:
- Morphological theories.
- Biological theories: Constitution, Genetics, Chromosomes.
- Psychological Theories of crime:
- Learning Behavior theory
- Psycho-analytical theory.
- Conditional Adaptation Theory.
4 - Criminal Justice System : meaning, purpose and social relevancev - Historical evolution of criminal justice system
- Overview of CJS: national and international perspective.
- Co ordination in criminal justice system.
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