List of top Criminology Questions on Penology & Victimology

Identify the advantages of open prisons in India:
A. They help in reducing over crowding in jails.
B. They facilitate the notorious inmates to elope and reduce stress of supervision and control.
C. They offer opportunities for self-improvement and resocialization to the inmates.
D. They help under trials to stay away from convicts and make work of prison administration hassle free.
E. The operational cost of open prisons is far less than the enclosed prisons.
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The women victims move through different adjustment phases; arrange the following phases from I to IV:
A. Avoidance Humiliation (by) family members, kin, friends etc.
B. Adaption (through): Neutralization, attachment, identity change, religious consolation
C. Removing pain (depends on): support and security
D. Shock and pain (depends on): nature of crime committed against her and also on factors like age, employment, education, etc.
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Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
LIST-I (Classification of victims) & LIST-II (Examples)
A. Non-participating victims & I. Rape, domestic violence, robbery
B. Provocative victims & II. Sati, deodasi, prostitution
C. Participating victims & III. Foeticide, infanticide
D. Retaliating victims & IV. Victims of dowry death
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______ in a criminal justice context, can be defined as the reversion of an individual to criminal behaviour after he or she has been convicted of a prior offence, sentenced and corrected:

Arrange the milestones of the evolution of Victim's Rights internationally and in India from earliest to latest:
A. Law Commission of India Reports (152nd and 154th)
B. Justice Malimath Committee Report
C. UN Declaration (1985)
D. Growth of Victimology as a discipline (Mendelsohn et al.)
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Thorsten Sellin stated that Capital Punishment has failed as a measure of social protection, so also as an instrument of retributive justice.
Reason R: However, capital punishment is still recommended because of its reformist value and deterrent effect.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Which of the following is an example of victimless crime?

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Radical Victimology draws attention to the way in which the criminal justice system functions and focuses on human rights, and it also shows how the oppressor, the State, the social order and the privileged persons in the community victimize certain sections of the people in the society.
Reason R: It assumes that society is made up of many conflicting groups. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II [h] LIST-I & LIST-II
A. Deterrence & I. Dissuading a person from future wrongdoing by making punishment severe enough.
B. Incapacitation & II. Incarceration makes prisoners confined and incapacitated from committing crime.
C. Restoration & III. For some minor offences punishment may be in the form of fines and compensation.
D. Rehabilitation & IV. Punishments directed to reform the offenders to make them law abiding citizens.
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______, developed by Donald Clemmer, is a process of assimilating prison culture or a process of taking on in a greater or a lesser degree the folkways, mores, customs and general culture of a prison in integrative steps.

Which one among the following is NOT a principle of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power under the United Nations Declaration (1985):

'Penal Couple' are referred to as:

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II [h] LIST-I (Open Prisons/Year) & LIST-II (State)
A. Sanganer (1963) & I. Karnataka
B. Yeravada (1955) & II. Rajasthan
C. Koramangala (1971) & III. Uttar Pradesh
D. Sitarganj (1960) & IV. Maharashtra
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____________ is a conditional release of an offender under supervision, derived from a Latin word meaning 'to test' or 'to prove'.

Open jails are set up under philosophical tenets of ............

Which report specifically addresses the conditions of women prisoners in India?

The Mulla Committee focused on reforms in the area of ...........

The process where inmates adopt the norms, values, and behaviours of the prison sub-culture to survive the stresses of life behind bars is termed as:

Which scheme focuses on vocational training for prisoners in India?

What is included under Innovative prison reform strategies?