PATTERNS OF CRIME (CRM-510)

The course familiarizes the students with the diversified patterns of crime. It helps to understand cultural variations with respect to the patterns of crime and their implications. On the meaningful teaching of this course, the students are intended to be able to reflect the following factors in their behaviour:

1. Acquire understanding of why societies punish certain behaviours in the first place, how the law distinguishes between lawful and unlawful behaviours, and what legal safeguards have been established in democratic societies against unfair and unreasonable patterns of crime;

2. Establish insight of how and why crimes are committed, and what means are adopted for individual victim's rectification and safeguard of society;

3. Obtain understanding of the sequence of events that leads to guilt and/or innocence of an individual, alleged to have committed a crime.

 
 

COURSE CONTENTS

Crime Against Person

  1. Murder
  2. Homicide
  3. Genocide
  4. Manslaughter
  5. Suicide
  6. Sexual Assault
  7. Kidnapping
  8. Battery

Crime Against Property

  1. Dacoity
  2. Robbery
  3. Burglary
  4. Larceny
  5. Extortion
  6. Fraud

Organizational Criminality

  1. White Collar Crimes
  2. Corporate Crime
  3. Organized Crime

Crimes Against State

  1. Treason
  2. Sabotage
  3. Espionage
  4. Hate Crime

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

  1. Mannheim, H. (1960). Pioneers in Criminology. Chicago: Quadrangle Books.
  2. Roberts, A. R. (1994). Critical Issues in Crime and Justice. California: Sage Publications.
  3. Seigel, L. (1989). Criminology. St. Paul, M. N.: West Publishing Company.

SUGGESTED BOOKS

  1. Brookman, Maguire, Pierpoint & Bennett, Fiona, Mike, Harriet and Trevor (Edt.) (2010). Handbook on Crime, Willan Publishing, USA.
  2. Siegel, Larry J. (2015). Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies, (12th Edt.). Boston; USA; Cengage Learning.
 

Detailed lesson plans for each lecture/week

 

Topics and Readings

Books .

Murder

Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime - Page 206

Homicide.

Homicide, North and South

Genocide.

Genocide: Modern Crimes Against Humanity and Stalin's Genocides - Page 15

Manslaughter.

The Criminology of Homicide, Manslaughter, and Murder by Beatriz Scaglia

Suicide.

Suicide by Hal Marcovitz, Suicide: The Philosophical Dimensions by Michael Cholbi

Sexual Assault.

Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives by Robert K. Ressler, ‎Ann Wolbert Burgess, ‎John E. Douglas, Sexual Assault of Children and Adolescents by Ann Wolbert Burgess, ‎Nicholas Groth

Kidnapping.

The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings by Michael Newton

Battery.

Battery Reference Book by Thomas Roy Crompton and Advanced Batteries: Materials Science Aspects by Robert Huggins

Dacoity.

Offences against property: dealing with theft, extortion, robbery, dacoity, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, receiving stolen property and cheating by G. A. Merchant

Robbery.

Offences against property: dealing with theft, extortion, robbery, dacoity, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, receiving stolen property and cheating by G. A. Merchant

Burglary

Burglary by Rob Mawby

Larceny

Larceny by Salvatore Grasso

Extortion.

Offences against property: dealing with theft, extortion, robbery, dacoity, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, receiving stolen property and cheating by G. A. Merchant

Fraud.

Fraud by David Rakoff and On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science by David Goodstein

White Collar Crimes.

White Collar Crimes by John E. Ferguson and Understanding White Collar Crime by Croall, ‎Professor Hazel Croall - Page 10

Corporate Crime.

Corporate Crime: A Reference Handbook by Richard D. Hartley

Organized Crime

The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime by Letizia Paoli

Treason.

Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies by Larry J. Siegel- Page 425

Sabotage.

Criminology: Crime and Criminality by Martin R. Haskell, ‎Lewis Yablonsky Page 11

Espionage.

Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies by Larry J. Siegel Page 425

Hate Crime

Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies by Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld Page 275


Class Timings: Every Monday from 04.00pm to 07.00pm

 

Description of system of Evaluation (Exam, assignments etc.)

Term Paper Topics 

  1. Murder              
  2. Mass Murder    
  3. Assassinations 
  4. Capital Murder
  5. Homicide 
  6. Extrajudicial Killings                                     
  7. Serial Killer                                                   
  8. Infanticide                                                     
  9. Genocide                                                      
  10. Democide                                                     
  11. Gendercide                                                   
  12. Honour Killing                                               
  13. Genocidal Rape                                           
  14. Mass Atrocity Crimes                                   
  15. Religious Persecution                                  
  16. Manslaughter                                               
  17. Imperfect Self Defense                                
  18. Suicide                                                         
  19. Sexual Assault                                             
  20. Child Sexual Abuse                                     
  21. Rape                                                            
  22. Gang Rape                                                  
  23. Serial Rapist                                                
  24. Sexual Harassment                                     
  25. Kidnapping                                                  
  26. Child Abduction                                           
  27. Battery, Assaults and Right of Self Defense
  28. Dacoity                              
  29. Robbery                            
  30. Burglary and Larceny        
  31. Extortion                            
  32. Fraud                                 
  33. Organizational Criminality 
  34. White Collar Crimes 
  35. Corporate Crime  
  36. Organized Crime 
  37. Pink Crime           
  38. Blue Collar Crime 
  39. Treason        
  40. Sabotage      
  41. Espionage     
  42. Hate Crime    
  43. Terrorism       
  44. Extremism     
  45. Sectarianism 
  46. Cyber Crime  

 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Mid-Term Examination: 30

Project: 05

Quiz: 05

Presentation: 05

Participation:  05

Final exam: 50

Course Material

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