CHAPTER 1: INTRO TO CRIMINOLOGY

Question 1

the word crime was taken from?

Answer 1

Latin term crimen which means “to charge”.

the greek expression “krimos” is synonymous to a sanskrit word “krama” which means “social order”.

Question 2

why the laws are made and who makes them?

Answer 2

they’re made to control the behaviour of people in a society. They’re made by the state.

Question 3

law

Answer 3

law is aggregate of rules set by men politically superior, or sovereign, to men as politically subject.
law is a command enjoining a course of conduct to be observed by all members of the society and is backed by a sanction.

Question 4

offence

Answer 4

an act that violates civil or criminal law.
this violation is of such nature that it brings harm to the society and makes the culprit liable to serve a sentence in prison with a possible financial penalty.
the offence is punishable by law only if it is cognizable.
the offence must violate some penal laws to be tried in a court of law

Question 5

Cognizable offence

Answer 5

An offence for which police officer areest without warrant
They are serious in nature
Example murder, rape, dowry, death, kidnapping, theft, criminal breach of trust, unnatural offences.
Under a cognizable offence or case, the police officer has to receive the FIR relating to the cognizable offence, which can be obtained without the magistrate’s permission and enter it in the general diary to start the investigation immediately.
If a cognizable offence has been committed, a police officer can investigate without the magistrate’s permission

Question 6

Non cognizable offence

Answer 6

It has been defined in the criminal procedure codeas follows:
Non cognizable case means a case