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Course Code Course Title: CRIMINOLOGY AND L T P C

BALAW5003E04 VICTIMOLOGY
Version1.1 4 0 0 4
Pre-Requisites//Exposure Jurisprudence,
Co-requisites Constitution of India, Code of Criminal Procedure, Law of
Evidence, etc.
Semester VII
Programme B.A.LL.B.(H.) &B.Sc.LL.B. (H.)

1.0.Course Objective:

Where there is society there is crime i.e crimeless society is a myth. The concept of crime is
essentially concerned with the social order. The concept of crime seems to have always been
changing with the variations in social conditions during the evolutionary stages of human
society. The need for study of criminal science aims at studing different crime ,suggest
measures to curb as well as regulate such crime.

2.0.Teaching Learning Methodology:

Lecture Method
Seminar, presentations by students,
Individual and group drills.
Group Discussion Method
Case Presentation and Analysis (Socio-Legal & political)

3.0.Evaluation Scheme:

 30% - Continuous Internal Assessment (Formative in nature but also contributing to

the final grades).
 70% - End Term External Examination (University Examination).

4.0. Learning Outcome:

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 To demonstrate that how and in what manners the laws relating to women should be
considered in proper perspectives.
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 This course shall enable the students to understand the various laws and burning
problems relating to women and how to redress them.
 A contextual study along with application of various laws, judicial decisions, and
commissions’ reports shall equip students to understand the significance thereto.

5.0. Course Contents

UNIT I
The Concept of Crime
 The Early Concept of Crime
 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
 Twentieth Century
 Crime Defined
 Crime Without a Victim
 Classification of Crimes
 Characteristics of Crime

UNIT II

Nature and Scope of Criminology

 Criminology: It’s Nature and Scope
 The Concept of Crime
 Criminology: Its importance
 Radical Criminology
 Possibility of Scope of Criminology
 Neo-Criminology

UNIT III
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Schools of Criminology
 Pre-classical School of Criminology
 The Classical School
 Neo-classical School
 Positive School
 Clinical School of Criminology
 Sociological School of Criminology
 Post-modern School of Criminology

UNIT IV

Victims of Crime and Victimology

 Defining Victim of Crimes
 Historical perspective
 Victimology: Definition, Nature and Scope
 Indian Law and Approaches of Criminal Courts

UNIT V

Theories of Victimology
 The precipitation Theory
 Life Style Theory
 Deviant Theory
 Routine Theory

6.0.Content Interaction Plan:

Lecture cum
Discussion Unit/Topic/Sub-Topic
(Each session of
1 Hour)
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3-5

6-7

8-13

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18-19

20-21

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15 Hours Tutorials

7.0 Prescribed Readings:

1. Constitutional Law, V.N.Sukla
2. Constitutional Law,M.P. Singh
3. Indian Penal Code, K.D.Gaur
4. Indian Penal Code,P.S.A.Pillai
5. Domestic Violence Act 205, Preeti Mishra
6. Handbook on Law and Domestic Violence, Indira Jaisingh
7. Law relating to women and children, MamtaRao
8. Women and Law, K.P.Malik
9. Women and Law, ManjulaBatra
10. Women and Law Legal Protection, Diwan and Diwan
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11. Crime against Women and Protective Law, SobhaSaxena

12. Women and the Laws, LinaGonslaves
13. Emerging Law, AmitaDhanda and ArchnaPrasher