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I. Introduction
Basic concepts used in understanding crime, criminality and criminal.
I. Understanding Criminology
Definition, meaning and scope of criminology, Criminology and criminal law, Crime as
social problem, Crime and social organization, related concepls: Deviance, Sin and
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Il, Crime and Criminals
Occasional criminals, Habitual criminals, Prolessional criminals, While-collar crime,
Organized crime, corporate crimes.
IV. Crimo and Criminality: Theorotical Porspoctives
Early explanation of criminal behavior
. Classical School
. Positivist School (Biological and Psychological Explanations)
" Positivist School (Sociological Explanation)
n Social Disorganizalion theory
n Slrain theory
n Social Control theory
H Learning theary
1 Labeing Theory
. Islamic perspecive
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V. Juvonile Delinquency
Meaning, definitions (Behavioral Vs Legal), Juvenile delinquent Vs status oflender,
Official statistics of juvenile delinquency
VI. Juvenile Justico Systom
. Role of police
Juvenile court process:
1 pretrial, trial and senlencing
n Role of prosecutor, defense counsel, jvenle judge, juvenile probabon officer
"Juvenile correctional institutions,probatlon and non-punitive alternatives
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Role of police
"Juvenile court process:
n pretrial, trial and senlencing
n Role of proseculor, delense counsel, verile judge, jvenile probation otficer
Juvenile correctional instilutions.probation and non-punitive allernatives
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VI. Civil War between the North and the East (1850- 1869)
VII. Industrialization and its emergence as one of the world powers (1870-1916)
VIlI, USA's role in the Two Worid Wars (i. 1914 - 1918. I. 1939- 1945)
IX. Posl 1945 world scenario and emergence of USA and USSR as the Two World
Powers.
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Drug Addiction, Child Labour and Abuse Bonded Labour, Social Customs and
Tradibons oflocing Women in Pakistan, Violence Against Women's and Domestics
Violence, Issues conceming the Elderly's in Pakistan.
11. Sociological Thoory:
Thrce sociological perspectives: Slructural Functionalism, Symbolic interactions and
Contlict Theorists: Ibn-iKhaldun Spencer, August Comte, Emle Dukheim, Max Weber,
Karl Marx, Parson.
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12. Mothods of Sociological Rescarch: