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Social Work and Criminal Justice
ASSIGNMENT 2026-27
Course Code: MSW-032
Total Marks: 100 Note: Answer any five Of the following questions in about 300 words each:
1.What do you understand by the terms ‘deviance’ and ‘crime’? How does the distinction between these two helps in understanding the social and legal responses to rule-breaking behaviour in society?
2. Discuss the philosophical bases Of the elements Of crime (actus reus, mens rea, and concurrence) for establishing criminal liability.
3.How does the interdependence of the police, prosecution, judiciary, and correctional institutions influence the credibility of the criminal justice administration in India?
4. What is the adversarial criminal justice system? Why is the principle of ‘presumption of innocence’ considered central to the adversarial criminal justice System.
5. Discuss the importance ofthe criminal justice processes—investigation, trial, and correction in crime control and protection of individual rights?
6.Why is the principle of presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial considered central to the criminal justice process?
7. How does the shift from deterrent to reformative and restorative theories of punishment influence the correctional institutions in India?
8.Why are prisoners’ rights considered essential for humane prison administration? Discuss in detail.
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