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Whither Indian Criminology?

Amit Thakre, K. Jaishankar

Raksha Shakti University, India

Abstract:

The purpose of this perspective article is to critically examine the development of Criminology in India and the state of embedding criminologists in the Criminal Justice System (CJS). The article starts with an overview of the history of Criminology in India that majorly covers the inception of Criminology in academia. With concern to the status of Criminology in India, the article also critically examines impediments in the growth of Criminology in the existing Criminal Justice machinery of India. Consequently, the authors discuss the initiative of employing Trained Criminologists by Raksha Shakti University (RSU), Gujarat. The article further emphasizes on the need to fill in gaps left in 'applied nature of Criminology' and suggests replicating RSU model of Trained Criminologists in other Indian States.

Keyword:

Critique, History, Indian Criminology, Applied Criminology, Trained Criminologist, Criminologists-Police Partnerships, RSU.