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Code No. : 6053

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Sub. Code : DCP 11

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2014. First Year – Non Semester Criminology and Police Science — (DD & CE) PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGY (For those who joined in July 2002 and afterwards) Time : Three hours

Maximum : 100 marks

PART A — (5 × 5 = 25 marks) Answer any FIVE questions out of Eight. 1.

Define classification of offenders.

2.

What is a subculture?

3.

What is Social change?

4.

What is victim less crimes?

5.

Define ‘Child in need of care and protection’.

6.

Define Legislative system.

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What is ‘Endomorphy’ how is it different from ‘Ectomorphy’?

8.

What is a social problem? PART B — (5 × 15 = 75 marks) Answer any FIVE questions out of Eight.

9.

Define criminology. How is it related to the medicine, law and other sciences?

10.

What is Durkhiem’s contribution to the concept of crime?

11.

What is meant by urbanization? How is it important in explaining crimes?

12.

What are the environmental crimes? Why is it difficult to investigate organized crimes?

13.

What are the salient features of the UN Standard Minimum Rules of Juvenile Justice?

14.

Discuss how criminology is related to other sciences?

15.

Discuss ‘‘Strain Theory’’, in detail.

16.

What do you understand by Discuss with examples.

victimless crimes?

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