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Criminology is a subject which addresses students of undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the universities, institutes of sociology, criminology, law and social work and the law enforcement officers trained at police, judicial and correctional academies. This book Criminology, Penology and Victimology is meant to cater to the requirements of both students of criminology and the practitioners in law enforcement and correctional services. With the above objective in view, this book has well knit twenty-six chapters. The Chapter-1 goes on to discuss the history, nature, subject matter, importance and the inter-disciplinary concerns of criminology. Chapters 2 to 6 are devoted to the exclusive discussion of the concept and theories : sociological, psychological, economic and biophysical. The etiology of crime has been succinctly analyzed in Chapter-7. The themes relating to individual deviance and collective deviance have been dealt under Chapter 8 and 9 respectively. Organized crime, white collar crime and recidivism have been discussed in separate Chapters from 10-12. Crime trends pertaining to some old and some new crime problems like gambling, prostitution, drug addiction, alcoholism and cyber crime have been well dealt under Chapters 13 to 18. Concepts of penology, prison system, prison conditions and prison reforms have been covered under Chapters 19-20, Chapters 21 to 23 are devoted towards the discussion of theories of penology pertaining to deterrence, retribution, restoration, reformation, rehabilitation, probation and parole. Chapter-24 discusses the much needed concept of social defense and the approaches to the promotion of social defense. The last two Chapters are devoted to the discussion of often neglected area in the textbooks such as victimology (Chapter-25) and victims of terrorism (Chapter-26). Contents - Chapter 1 : Introducing Criminology Chapter 2 : Modern Concepts Chapter 3 : Economic Theories Chapter 4 : Psychological Theories Chapter 5 : Bio-Physical Theories Chapter 6 : Sociological Theories Chapter 7 : Etiology of Crime Chapter 8 : Individual Deviance: Juvenile Justice Chapter 9 : Collective Deviance Chapter 10 : Organized Crime Chapter 11 : White Collar Crime Chapter 12 : Recidivism Chapter 13 : Crime Trends Chapter 14 : Gambling Chapter 15 : Drug Addiction Chapter 16 : Alcoholism Chapter 17 : Cyber Crime Chapter 18 : Prostitution Chapter 19 : Penology: Concepts & Dimensions Chapter 20 : Prison Condition in India Chapter 21 : Theories of Penology: Deterrence Theory Chapter 22 : Theories of Penology: Theories of Retributive & Restorative Justice Chapter 23 : Theories of Penology: Reformatory & Rehabilitative Theory of Punishment Chapter 24 : Cocial defence Chapter 25 : Victimology Chapter 26 : Victims of Terrorism
