Download the latest notes, handouts, and preparatory material for the CSS Criminology optional paper. The updated preparation material is according to the revised syllabus.
CSS Criminology is one of the subjects of Group VI of the CSS exam. According to the revised scheme of the syllabus, candidates can select one subject comprising 100 marks from Group V1.
CSS Criminology is 100 mark optional subject. CSS Criminology consists of four parts each part carrying 25 numbers. The changed syllabus is as follows.
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CSS Criminology Syllabus
Section-I (25 marks)
| Introduction | Basic concepts used in understanding crime, criminality, and criminal behavior. |
| Understanding Criminology | Definition, meaning, and scope of criminology; |
| Criminology and criminal law | |
| Crime as a social problem | |
| Deviance, Sin Vice, Evil, Norms, Values; Security (Physical, Social, Economic) | |
| Crime and Criminals | Occasional criminals, Habitual criminals, |
| Professional criminals, White-collar crime, | |
| Organized crime, corporate crimes. | |
| Crime and Criminality: Theoretical Perspectives | An early explanation of criminal behavior |
| Biological Theories; Psychological Theories; Sociological Theories. | |
| Social Disorganization theory | |
| Strain theory | |
| Social Control theory | |
| Learning theory | |
| Labeling Theory | |
| Islamic perspective on deviance and crime. |
Section II (25 Marks)
| Juvenile Delinquency | Meaning, definitions (Behavioral Vs Legal) | Download |
| Juvenile delinquent Vs status offender | Download | |
| Official statistics of juvenile delinquency | Download | |
| Juvenile Justice System | Role of police | Download |
| Juvenile court process | Download | |
| pretrial, trial, and sentencing | Download | |
| Role of the prosecutor, defense counsel, juvenile judge, juvenile probation officer | Download | |
| Juvenile correctional institutions; probation and non-punitive alternatives | Download | |
| The Criminal Justice System | Police and its role | Download |
| Trial and Conviction of Offenders | Download | |
| Agencies: formal and informal | Download | |
| Criminal courts: procedures and problems | Download | |
| Role of prosecutors | Download | |
| Prisons, Probation, and Parole | Download | |
| Punitive and Reformative Treatment of Criminals | Corporal punishment, Imprisonment, Rehabilitation of criminals. | Download |
Section III (25 Marks)
| Criminal Investigation | Principles of criminal investigation, Manual of preliminary investigation | Download |
| Intelligence operations, Database investigation | Download | |
| The electronic investigation, Forensic Investigation | Download | |
| Techniques of Investigations | Gathering information from persons | Download |
| Interviewing and interrogation techniques | Download | |
| Criminal investigation analysis | Download | |
| Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Investigators | Stop and frisk operations, Arrest procedures, Search and seizure. | Download |
| International Policing and Criminal Justice Monitoring Organization | UNAFEI, INTERPOL, EUROPOL, UNODC, UNICEF, IPA, etc. | Download |
Section-IV (25 Marks)
| Modern Concepts in Contemporary Criminology | Terrorism, Radicalism, and War on Terror | Download |
| Media’s representation of Crime and the Criminal Justice System | Download | |
| Modern Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention | Download | |
| Intelligence-led Policing | Download | |
| Community Policing | Download | |
| Private Public Partnership | Download | |
| Gender and Crime in Urban and Rural Pakistan | Download | |
| Crime and Urbanization, Organized Crime and White-Collar Crime | Download | |
| Human Rights Abuses and Protection, especially of Children; Women and Minorities; The role of civil society and NGOs | Download | |
| Money-laundering | Download | |
| Cyber Crime | Download | |
| Role of NAB, FIA, ANF | Download |
CSS Criminology Complete Preparation Material
| 21 Century Criminology | Download |
| Advancing Criminology Notes | Download |
| Crime Prevention Theory & Practice | Download |
| CRIMINOLOGY 11th Edition | Download |
| CRIMINOLOGY Theory Patterns & Typologies | Download |
| Essential Criminology | Download |
| Gudjonsson-The-Psychology-of-Interrogations-and-Confessions | Download |
| John_Tierney Criminology Theory Context | Download |
| Larry J.Siegel Brandon C.Welsh Juvenile Delin | Download |
| Advancing Criminology Notes | Download |
| Criminology – KIPs Publishers | Download |
| Criminology – Top 20 Qs Series | Download |
| Criminology MCQs | Download |
| Criminology Notes l | Download |
| Criminology Notes II | Download |
| Criminology Notes lll | Download |
| Criminology, Advanced Publishers | Download |