The following syllabus prepared with the above objectives will be spread over a period of one

semester.

Unit –I – Introduction: (Lectures 10)

a) Concept of White-Collar Crimes

b) Meaning of Deviance and Deviant Behaviour and its Sociology.
c) Privileged Class Deviance: Concept and Nature
d) Approaches towards Socio Economic Offences
e) Understanding Privileged Class Deviance in Context of Indian Development.
f) Typical Forms – Official and Professional Deviance
g) Politics and Crime
h) Gender based aggression by socially, economically and politically powerful

Unit –II Official Deviance and Professional Deviance (Lectures 10)

a) Concept of Official Deviance –Permissible Limits of Discretionary Powers.

b) The Chambal Valley Dacoit Vinoba Mission and Jai Prakash Narain Mission in 1959
and 1971.
c) The Chagla Commission Report on LIC –Mundra Affair
d) The Das Commission Report on Pratap Singh Kairon
e) The Grover Commission Report on Dev Raj Urs
f) The Maruti Commission Report
g) The Ibakkar – Natarajan Report Commission Report on Fairfax.
Unit – III Police Deviance (Lectures 10)
a) Restraints on the Powers of Police in Indian legal system
b) Various Forms of Custodial Violence and its Constitutionality
c) Police atrocities,
d) Encounters and plea of superior orders,
e) Rape and Related Forms of Gender Based Aggression by Police and Paramilitary
Forces,
f) Police reforms

Unit-IV- Professional Deviance (Lectures 10)

(a) Unethical Practices at the Indian Bar,
(b) The Lentin Commission Report,

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 (c) The Press Council on Unprofessional and unethical Journalism,
(d) Medical Malpractice,
(e) Trade Union Deviance

Unit – V Legal and Judicial Response to Privileged Class Deviance (Lectures 10)

a) Right to information
b) Prevention of Corruption Act – Investigation and Trial
c) Vigilance Commission
d) Ombudsman , Public Accounts Committee