The question (15 marks)
Define victimology and trace its development. Examine the position of the victim in the Indian criminal justice system. (15 marks)
MU Module IV, victimology; chapter on victimology and compensation to victims, and the composite study on victimology.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · Correction of Offenders, Probation, Parole and Victimology of Criminology and Penology.
Authorities you will need
- Mendelsohn
- Code of Criminal Procedure, sections 250, 357, 357(3) and 358; Probation of Offenders Act 1958, section 5; Motor Vehicles Act 1988, sections 140 to 144
- Rudul Shah v State of Bihar (1983); Nilabati Behera v State of Orissa (1993); D. K. Basu v State of West Bengal (1997)
- Hari Shankar v Sukhbir Singh (1988); Dr Jacob George v State of Kerala (1994); Bodhisattwa Gautam v Subhra Chakraborty (1996)
- The Malimath Committee; the Fifth Law Commission's 42nd report
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