Exam Details

Subject criminology
Paper
Exam / Course mains
Department
Organization Karnataka Public Service Commission
Position
Exam Date 2010
City, State karnataka,


Question Paper

Answer each question in about 50 words. Each question carries 5 marks.
1.
Quote the provisions of law under General Exceptions relating to privileged acts of judges when acting judicially and to acts done pursuant to the judgement or order of a court.
Enumerate the advantages of OBSERVATION as a method 10 criminological researches.
Explain the meanings of the words Scorching, (iD Blackening, Tattooing in fire-arm cases and briefly discuss their importance in crime detection.
Explain the methods by which the casts of tool-marks are prepared by using the following materials Plasticine Dental mass Latex and Plastic Solutions Wood's metal

PARTB 10x10=100 Answer each question in about 100 words. Each question carries 10 marks.

2. What is the explanation of psychoanalytic school about the causes of crime and criminal behaviour?

3. Explain the principles of comparison, analysis and bring out the law of probability in Forensic Science examinations. Give examples.

4. Explain with the help of drawings Bifurcation Island Crossover Hook (e)Divergence in Dactylography.

5. How did Hans Von Hentig classify the victims by applying psychological, sociological and biological factors

6. What are the underlying assumptions in case-study methods What are the special areas which aTe studied when marital history of a convict is prepared?

7. What is 'Counterfeit' as given under Section 28 of the Indian Penal Code-I8BO How is a counterfeit coin detected

8. Explain the use of graphite powder to detect mechanical erasures and V.V. light examination to detect chemical erasures on paper.

9. What is the provision of law under the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 regarding the imposition of sentence in cases of conviction of several offences at one trial

10. What is Medullary Index Discuss its importance in Forensic Science and bring out the features of Medulla in human head hairs.

11. What are the factors which may interfere with blood grouping?

PARTe 6x15=90 Answer each question in about 150 words. Each question carries 15 marks.

12. Critically examine the demonological theory of crime causation and bring out the majorcontributions of Cesare Lombroso (Italy, 1835-1909) about the cause of crime.

13. What is Rigor Mortis, Lividity, Cadaveric Lividity in Forensic Medicine? Explain how Adipocere and Mummification take place.

14. What is a 'Confession' under Indian Evidence Act 1872 What are the provisions of law under the Act which bring out the confessions before police? Give examples.

15. When is a culpable homicide treated as 'not murder' under the Indian Penal Code 1860 Give illustrations and examples.

16. Critically examine the 'laws of imitation' given by Gabriel Tarde (1843 -1904) to understand crime and criminal behaviour.

Explain cultural lag theory about crime and crime-causation.

17. What are the items of evidence usually collected from a scene of crime in poisoning cases
What are the unavoidable autopsy materials and their quantity collected for detection of poisons during toxicological examination

What other autopsy materials may help to detect poisons and how much quantity of each item should be collected for toxicological examination Explain how they are useful.

PARTD 3x30=90 Answer any three of the following questions, each m about 300 words. Each question carries 30 marks.

18. How can a forensic expert determine the dimensions and age of wounds?

19. Distinguish between white collar and blue collar (i.e" conventional crimes) crimes. Bring out the special elements noticed in white collar cnmes.

20. Discuss the provisions of law under the Cadeaf Criminal Procedure 1973 empowering the police to conduct a search without warrant.

21. How is the individuality of Gait Pattern established

(bl What are the features which make finger-prints and important piece of evidence the most reliable

How are the finger-prints from dead bodies taken?

22. Briefly examine the social structure theories of crime causation and critically evaluate their importance in the present day society.

Answer each question in about 50 words. Each question carries 5 marks.
1.

What is a broken home Bring out the etiological importance of broken home in the causation of crime and delinquency.
What is the meaning of saying the mass media serves as a predisposing agent; the mass media serves as a precipitating agent in crime causation Explain.
What are the precautions to be taken while collecting hair for forensic examination
What is 'Trafficking' in sex-literature Who are the persons subjected to 'Trafficking' and how

Answer each question in about 100 words. Each question carries 10 marks.

2. Critically evaluate the retributive theory of criminal justice bringing out the demerits in the current world of correction.

3. Enumerate the advantages of Digital Photography of the scene of crime.

4. What do Continuation Signals, Distancing, Emotional Insulation and Homeostasis' mean in professional police-witness interviewing?

5. What are the different types of scenes of crimes? How are they inspected?

6. How are Burnt/partly burnt documents, Fragile documents, Damaged or torn documents handled for collection as an evidence?

7. How are the bullets from dead bodies extracted?

8. 'Mutilation, Branding' they were two forms of punishment in the history of Penology. Comment.

9. Realizing the defects and demerits in the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, a new Act called Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 was enacted in India. Bring out the objectives of the new Act and the provisions of law regarding the age of the juvenile in the old and the new Acts.

10. What is meant by "eligibility and suitability" of inmates In correctional institutions for granting parole to them?

11. Discuss the importance of 'Self-Disclosing' during a client centered correction (therapy) of an inmate in a correctional institution.


PARTe 6x15=90
Answer each question in about 150 words. Each question carries 15 marks.

12. What are the objectives of Prison Labour and Prison Education How is the educational programme structured in Indian Correctional Institutions?

13. Discuss the importance of Manias in relation to crime and delinquency.

14. What are the advantages of Probation Services against incarceration?

15. What are the principles to be observed while sketching a scene of crime? Enumerate the uses of crime-scene sketches in investigation of crimes.

16. 'F.I.R. acts as the basis for police investigation of a crime'. What aTC the essential contents in a F.I.R.and how are they recorded? What is the evidentiary value of F.I.Rs in criminal cases

17. What are the subtypes of mental retardation as given by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of American Psychiatric Association Explain and bring out the relationship between mental retardation and crime.


PARTD 3x30=90 Answer any three of the following questions, each m about 300 words. Each question carries 30 marks.

18. 'Police interrogation will be successful if and only if the defence mechanisms in the interrogated are made inoperative or inactive.' -Comment.

Bring out the objectives behind "What questions, How questions, Can you/Could you questions and Why questions" during police interrogation.

19. What ate the scales/criteria to decide normal and abnormal behaviour Give illustrations and examples.

20. "The mood and temper of the public with regard to the treatment of crime and criminals has been always an unfailing test of the civilization of any country." -Comment.

21. What are the powers and duties of police as per the existing laws and rules? What are your suggestions with regard to police powers/duties for improvement in the present day society?

22. What is Alcoholism As alcoholism is developed over a period in an individual, how is terrorism developed over a period in society as it is a process rather than an incident or event? Discuss.


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