Crime and Society

By Dr. C. Karuppiah | Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Learners enrolled: 2154

From the ancient periods crime has always been an integral part of the society. With the passage of time, crimes have not only multiplied but also have proliferated. With the result, the modern societies find it difficult to define crime in clear terms. The dividing line between what is a crime and what is not has become very thin, posing great challenges to the crime justice system of many countries.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	01 Aug 2019
End Date :	24 Sep 2019
Enrollment Ends :	10 Sep 2019
Exam Date :	09 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week – I

1. Crime and Society - An Introduction

2. Social Relations and Criminality

3. Typology of Crimes

Week – II

4. White Collar Crime

5. Terrorism and Related Crimes

6. Methods of Criminology

Week – III

7. The Classical & Neo - Classical Schools of Criminology

8. Conflict Theory of Criminology - Marxian Perspectives

9. Labeling Theory of Crime

Week – IV

10. Theories of Crime - 1

11. Theories of Crime - 2

12. Theories of Crime - 3

Week – V

13. Theories of Punishment - I

14. Theories of Punishment - II

15. Prisons and Classification

16. Open Air Prison - An alternative to prison of walls

17. The Juvenile Justice System

Week – VI

18. Parole and Probation as Community - Based Correctional Measures

19. Crime and Society - Correctional Administration

20. Crime and Society - Correctional Measures - Prison Based

21. Correctional Administration - Community Based

Week – VII

22. Juvenile Correction: Institution Based and Community Based

23. Prison Reforms

24. Changing Profile of Crimes in India

25. Changing Profile of Crime and Criminals in India

Week – VIII

26. Modern Criminology - Positive Approach

27. Modern Criminology - Psychological Approach

28. Modern Criminology - Sociological Approach

29. Crime Prevention - Strategies and Systems

Books and references

1. Banshi Dhar Dwivedi; ‘A - Z Criminology’ Centrum Press, New Delhi, 2009

2. Chokalingam.K; Criminology (Tamil) Parvathi Printers, Chennai.

3. Amodh K.Kanth; Juvenile Justice: The Indian Context and Prayas Experiment ‘Kumarappa Rockless Award Lecuture, Annyak Conference of the Indian Society of Criminology’ , Chennai-2002.

4. Pankal J.J. and Gokale; Crime and Corrections in India (Ed). Tata Institute of Social Sciences, SBombay, 1989.

5. Shir Kumar Dogra: ‘Criminal Justice Administration in India’. Deep and Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2009.

Instructor bio

Dr. C. Karuppiah

Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology

Madurai Kamaraj University

He has 20 years of Teaching and Research Experience in the field of Sociology and has specialized in Sociology of Health. He has Published 4 books many, Research papers and Presented 34 Papers.