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END TERM EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
B.A.LL.B. (HONS.)
SEMESTER-IX
Criminology Penology (Optional-I)
Max. Marks: 60 Time Allowed: 3:00 Hrs.
Note: Answer five questions including Question No. 1 which is compulsory. The number of marks carried by
each question is indicated at the end of the question.
1. Answer the following (each answer should be in approximately 100 words): (Marks 2×10=20)
a. Education and causation of crime
b. Solitary confinement
c. Retributive theory of punishment
d. Neo- classical school of criminology
e. Types of prison
f. Probation
g. Parole
h. Prison education
i. Prison labour
j. Communal riots
2. The Sociological theory of criminal behavior presupposes that criminals are a product of society.
The impact of sociological factors is so great that they either shun criminality or embrace it
depending on their environment and immediate social conditions. Comment. (Marks 10)
3. While referring to the relevant cases discuss the constitutional validity of death sentence. Also
state the arguments advanced by abolitionists and retentionist with respect to its abolition and
retention. (Marks 10)
4. "Punishment must also respond to society's cry for justice against the criminal. While considering
punishment to be given to the accused, the court should be alive not only to the right of the
criminal to be awarded just and fair punishment by administering justice tempered with mercy as
the criminal may deserve, but also to the rights of the victims of the crime to have the assailant
appropriately punished and the society's reasonable expectation from the court for the appropriate
deterrent punishment conforming to the gravity of the offence and consistent with public
abhorrence for heinous crime committed by the accused."
In the light of the above statement critically discuss the changing approach towards the concept
and object of punishment which led to the evolution and development of various theories of
punishment. How far the reformative theory of punishment responds to the notion underlying the
above statement? Elucidate. (Marks 10)
PTO
5. "The ideal police officer is expected to have the wisdom of Solomon, the courage of David, the
strength of Samson, the patience of Job, the leadership of Moses, the kindness of a good
Samaritan, the strategy of Alexander, the faith of Daniel, the diplomacy of Lincoln, the tolerance
of the carpenter of Nazareth and finally an intimate knowledge of every branch of natural,
biological and social sciences."
In the light of the above statement discuss the role and function of police in administration of
justice. Also critically discuss the mismatch between the expectations and the service conditions
and environment in which police work. (Marks 10)
6. "A prisoner, be he a convict or undertrial or detenu, does not cease to be a human being. Even
when lodged in the jail, he continues to enjoy many of his fundamental rights including the right to
life guaranteed to him under the constitution. On being convicted of crime and deprived of their
liberty in accordance with the procedure established by law, prisoners still retain the residue of
constitutional rights."
In the light of the above statement discuss the rights of the prisoners. Refer to important cases
especially the contribution of the Supreme Court in this regard. (Marks 10)
7. Write short notes on the following:
a. Differential association theory
b. Effect of Television, Videos and Press on causation of crime (Marks