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O.P. Jindal Global University

Jindal Global Law School
End-term Examination – Semester A

Course Name : Penology

Course Code : L-EA-0056
Programme : Elective Course
Session : 2016 - 2017
Time Allowed : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 60

This question paper has three (3) printed pages (including this page).

Instructions to students:
1. This question paper has three sections, Section A, Section B and Section C.
2. Section A has fifteen (15) short answer type questions out of which you are required to answer any twelve
(12). Each question carries three (3) marks.
3. Section B has four (4) questions out of which you are required to answer any two (2). Each question carries
six (6) marks.
4. Section C has two (2) questions out of which you are required to answer any one (1). Each question carries
twelve (12) marks.
5. DO NOT write your Name and Student Id. No. anywhere on the answer book except on the space
provided.
6. DO NOT write anything on the question paper except Student Id. No. on the space provided.
7. Start each question on a new page.
8. Use of mobile phone or any electronic storage and access system is prohibited.
9. Students undertaking the examination are requested to adhere to the University norms related to
examinations.

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This is a Closed Book examination. Students are not allowed to bring any material in the Examination Hall.
Warning: Plagiarism in any form is prohibited. Anyone found using unfair means will be penalized
severely.
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 SECTION A (12 X 3 = 36 Marks)

Answer any twelve questions in 55-75 words.

1. How many types of life sentence are there?

2. What is the minimum time span to be spent by a prisoner in prison serving life imprisonment in India and
USA?

3. Do you think the wide sentence lengths or indeterminate sentencing schemes allow each individual offender
the necessary time to become rehabilitated?

4. What difference does the sentence of life without the possibility of parole make in society?

5. What is 'punishment'?

6. What is the difference between the mala prohibitia and mala in se crimes?

7. What is retributivism?

8. Is Retributivism vengeance?

9. What is the distinction between causal and moral responsibility?

10. Does retributivists punish offenders to the degree they are morally responsible for committing a wicked
action?

11. Is pain a necessary response to evil actions?

12. Is it possible to annul a crime by subjecting it to proper punishment?

13. What is utilitarianism?

14. What is the basic difference between retributivism and deterrence?

15. What is the difference between general and specific deterrence?

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 SECTION B (2 X 6 = 12 Marks)

Answer any two questions in 175 – 200 words.

1. Do you think life-sentenced inmates experience a wide range of emotions when they enter prison?

2. Do you think life sentences are as effective as or more effective than capital punishment in preventing future
offending or reducing recidivism?

3. What are the similarities between negative retributivist theory and deterrence theory of punishment?

4. Is restoration rehabilitation by another name?

SECTION C (1 X 12 = 12 Marks)

Answer any one question in 300-350 words.

1. What are the different forms through which rehabilitation of prisoners might be facilitated?

2. “Imprisoning criminals makes them better criminals.” Comment.

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