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APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology question paper with answers
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- Q1 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Who defined Social Welfare as all social interventions that are intended to enhance or maintain the social functioning of human beings may be defined as social welfare?
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Answer C. Ralph Dolgoff
Ralph Dolgoff (with Feldstein, in 'Understanding Social Welfare') defined social welfare as all social interventions intended to enhance or maintain the social functioning of human beings.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q1, final key
- Q2 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Social work research is:
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Answer B. application of research methods to solve problems that social workers confront in the practice of social work
Social work research applies research methods to solve the problems that social workers meet in their practice; it is practice-oriented.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q2, final key
- Q3 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Social work research is defined as:
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Answer D. Systematic investigation into the problem in the field of social work.
Social work research is a systematic investigation into problems in the field of social work, aimed at building knowledge for practice.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q3, final key
- Q4 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Which amongst these is not a principle of social work?
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Answer D. Principle of judgmental attitude
Social work principles include confidentiality, communication, self-determination and a non-judgmental attitude; a judgmental attitude goes against them.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q4, final key
- Q5 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
What do you mean by social work intervention?
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Answer A. The action or change efforts undertaken by a professional social worker to deal with the client's problem
Social work intervention means the actions or change efforts a professional social worker undertakes to deal with a client's problem.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q5, final key
- Q6 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
According to Pierce the professional social workers work on these areas of social change-
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Answer A. Prevention, reform, re-socialisation, rehabilitation and planning
Pierce listed the areas of social change in which professional social workers work: prevention, reform, re-socialisation, rehabilitation and planning.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q6, final key
- Q7 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
‘Voluntary action’ means private action, that is to say, “action not under the directions of any authority wielding the power of the state." This definition was given by:
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Answer C. Lord Beveridge
Lord Beveridge, in 'Voluntary Action' (1948), defined voluntary action as private action not under the direction of any authority wielding state power.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q7, final key
- Q8 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Handmaiden Model is related to:
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Answer B. The Industrial Achievement-Performance Model of Social Policy
Richard Titmuss called his Industrial Achievement-Performance model of social policy the 'handmaiden model', since welfare serves the economy and rewards merit and work performance.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q8, final key
- Q9 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
According to August Comte, human knowledge evolves through three different stages. They are:
a. Theological or Fictitious State
b. Metaphysical or Abstract State
c. The Positive or Scientific State
d. Philosophical or sociological state
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Answer A. a, b, c
Comte's law of three stages: theological (fictitious), metaphysical (abstract) and positive (scientific). A 'philosophical or sociological' stage is not one of them.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q9, final key
- Q10 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Who formulated the organic analogy about the society, opined that society also passes through various phases of development, exactly the way organisms did?
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Answer A. Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer compared society to a living organism (organic analogy) and saw societies evolving through stages like organisms.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q10, final key
- Q11 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) is a-
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Answer A. Child welfare scheme
ICDS (1975) gives children under six and mothers nutrition, health check-ups, immunisation and pre-school education, so it is a child welfare scheme.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q11, final key
- Q12 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
The Government of India adopted the National Policy for children in the year:
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Answer C. 1974
India adopted its National Policy for Children in August 1974; a new National Policy for Children came in 2013.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q12, final key
- Q13 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Which one of the following is not an indicator of social development of a country?
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Answer C. Increase in litigation matters in courts
Literacy, infant mortality and life expectancy measure social development; more court cases does not.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q13, final key
- Q14 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
The Rio Earth Summit was based on the agenda of?
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Answer A. Environment & Sustainable development
The 1992 Rio Earth Summit (UN Conference on Environment and Development) was about environment and sustainable development and adopted Agenda 21.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q14, final key
- Q15 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Match the following items given in List-I with the items given in List-II.
List – I List – II a. Right to equality 1. Article 51 A b. Right to education 2. Article 46 c. Fundamental duties 3. Article 14 d. Welfare of weaker sections 4. Article 21-A Show answerHide answer
Answer B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
Article 14 is equality before law; Article 21-A, right to education; Article 51A, fundamental duties; Article 46, promotion of the interests of weaker sections. So a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q15, final key
- Q16 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
In participatory development, people’s participation is:
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Answer B. both a means as well as an end to development
In participatory development, people's participation is both a means (better programmes) and an end (empowerment) of development.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q16, final key
- Q17 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Select the option that is true regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion (A): Interpersonal relationship is the enabling factor to solve the problems of individuals through case work process.
Reason (R): Establishing professional relationship can help in solving the problems of individuals.
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Answer D. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
In case work the helping relationship between worker and client is what makes problem solving possible, and a professional relationship helps solve the client's problems, so R explains A.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q17, final key
- Q18 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment relating to Panchayati Raj came into force in the year:
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Answer C. 1993
The 73rd Amendment was passed in 1992 and came into force on 24 April 1993 (now National Panchayati Raj Day).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q18, final key
- Q19 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Select the option that is true regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion (A): Legislative measures alone can’t reduce the incidence of crime.
Reason (R): Effective implementation of the legislation does not require societal support.
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Answer A. (A) is correct but (R) is not the correct explanation to (A).
A is true: laws alone cannot reduce crime. R is false: laws need public support to be enforced well. APPSC keyed 'A correct but R not the correct explanation', the nearest option.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q19, final key
- Q20 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
The best known expert of the cultural lag concept is:
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Answer B. William Fielding Ogburn
W. F. Ogburn (Social Change, 1922) gave the concept of cultural lag: non-material culture lags behind changes in material culture.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q20, final key
- Q21 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
Arrange the following steps in Research Process in a logical sequence:
a. report writing
b. collection of data
c. analysis of data
d. setting of objectives
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Answer A. d, b, c, a
The research process goes: set objectives, collect data, analyse data, write the report: d, b, c, a.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q21, final key
- Q22 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
“A crime is an act, committed or omitted, in violation of public law either forbidding it or commanding it”. Who defined it?
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Answer B. William Blackstone
William Blackstone defined crime as an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q22, final key
- Q23 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
The maxim ‘nulla poena sine legge’ means?
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Answer B. No one can be punished for an act unless it is made punishable under the law
Nulla poena sine lege: no punishment without a law. No one can be punished for an act unless the law makes it punishable (see Article 20(1)).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q24, final key
- Q24 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
The idea that humans have mental conflicts because of desires and energies that are repressed into the unconscious is propounded by:
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Answer D. Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis holds that desires and energies repressed into the unconscious cause mental conflicts.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q25, final key
- Q25 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Select the option that is true regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion (A): White-collar crimes such as hoarding, smuggling, black-marketing, monopolies,- etc. have virtually paralysed India's economic stability
Reason (R): the problem of crime has assumed new dimensions and needs to be tackled effectively.
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Answer B. Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Both statements are true. APPSC keyed 'both correct' without saying R explains A.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q26, final key
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______ was the first criminologist who correlated crime with heredity of the criminal.
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Answer C. Lombroso
Cesare Lombroso (L'uomo delinquente, 1876) linked crime to heredity with his idea of the 'born criminal'.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q27, final key
- Q27 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
R Vs M’Naghtan case is well famous for the:
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Answer A. Rule of criminal responsibility in insanity
R v M'Naghten (1843) set the M'Naghten Rules on criminal responsibility in insanity, which shaped Section 84 IPC.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q28, final key
- Q28 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Aristotle has given ______ laws of Association which has a close bearing on psychological concept of crime.
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Answer A. Four
Aristotle's laws of association, as given in psychology and criminology texts (e.g. Hergenhahn), are four: similarity, contrast, contiguity and frequency. Some books list only the first three.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q29, final key
- Q29 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Select the option that is true regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion (A): The lack of knowledge of child psychology and communication gap between parents and young addicts are also contributory factors for drug-abuse and alcoholism.
Reason (R): Pharmaceutical and medical sciences have provided scope for production of a variety of toxic synthetic substances. This has contributed to drug-abuse and addiction.
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Answer A. (A) is correct but (R) is not the correct explanation to (A).
Both are true: A gives family and psychological causes, R gives the supply of synthetic drugs. R does not explain A.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q30, final key
- Q30 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption entered into force from:
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Answer C. 14th December 2005
UNCAC was adopted on 31 October 2003, opened for signing on 9 December 2003 (Anti-Corruption Day), and entered into force on 14 December 2005.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q31, final key
- Q31 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Match the following items given in List-I with the items given in List-II.
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Answer B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
Section 84 IPC: act of a person of unsound mind; NDPS Act: 1985; deterrent theory: a theory of punishment; Section 57 IPC: fractions of terms of punishment (listed here as forms of punishment). So a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q32, final key
- Q32 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Herbert Packer has opined two alternative Models for administration of criminal Justice. They are:
A. Due process Model
B. Collective approach model
C. Crime control model
D. Conflict model
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Answer B. A and C
Herbert Packer (1964) described the Due Process model and the Crime Control model of criminal justice.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q33, final key
- Q33 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Under Juvenile Justice Act 2015, the observation home is mainly meant for:
I. Thrown away children
II. Children in conflict with law
III. Run-away children
IV. Children whose cases are pending.
Find the correct combination using the codes given below:
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Answer B. II and IV are correct
Under the JJ Act 2015 (Section 47), observation homes are for the temporary care of children in conflict with law while their inquiry is pending.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q34, final key
- Q34 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Lie Detector test or Polygraph test is an aid to:
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Answer A. Investigative process
A polygraph records body responses during questioning; it is a tool for investigation (consent is needed: Selvi v State of Karnataka, 2010).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q35, final key
- Q35 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Select the option that is true regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion (A): Enrico Ferri rejected the doctrine of free will, that is, it is not the criminal who wish to act.
Reason (R): Ferri believed that the situation actually influences the criminal’s actions. He believed that crime was produced primarily by the type of society from which the criminal comes.
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Answer C. Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Ferri, of the positive school, rejected free will and held that physical, anthropological and social factors cause crime. Both statements are true.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q36, final key
- Q36 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The provisions relating to the Victim compensation scheme has been inserted in:
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Answer A. Code of Criminal Procedure 1972
Section 357A (victim compensation scheme) was inserted in the Code of Criminal Procedure in 2009. The Code is of 1973; the option says 1972.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q37, final key
- Q37 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
"Economic offences are often subtle murders practiced on the community, sabotaging the national economy. They have to be tackled with a new seriousness." This statement was given by?
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Answer B. Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer
Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer called economic offences subtle murders on the community that sabotage the national economy.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q38, final key
- Q38 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Which among the following is an economic offence?
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Answer D. Trade in human body parts
Robbery, theft and extortion are ordinary property offences under the IPC; illegal trade in human organs is an organised economic offence.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q39, final key
- Q39 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Restitution to a victim of crime used to be paid by:
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Answer B. Offender
Restitution means the offender pays back or makes good the victim's loss. Compensation from public funds is paid by the state.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q40, final key
- Q40 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Which of the following is a victimless crime?
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Answer B. Prostitution
Victimless crimes, such as prostitution, gambling and drug use, are acts between consenting adults with no direct complaining victim.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q41, final key
- Q41 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Among the following which country awards death penalty to offenders by lethal injunction?
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Answer B. United States of America
The United States carries out executions by lethal injection ('injunction' in the question is a misprint). Germany, Brazil (for peacetime crimes) and Ukraine have abolished the death penalty.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q42, final key
- Q42 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
In prison correctional programme what does the term ‘Remission’ mean?
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Answer B. Reducing the sentence
Remission cuts the length of a sentence without changing its nature, often for good conduct in prison.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q43, final key
- Q43 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Crimes with less seriousness in nature are referred as:
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Answer B. Misdemeanors
Less serious crimes are called misdemeanours; serious ones are felonies.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q44, final key
- Q44 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The recent criminal law amendment in year 2013 took place after which case?
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Answer D. Nirbhaya Gang Rape case
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 followed the December 2012 Delhi gang rape (Nirbhaya) and the Justice Verma Committee report.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q45, final key
- Q45 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India
NIPCCD stands for:
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Answer A. National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development
NIPCCD is the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development, New Delhi, under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q46, final key
- Q46 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Incest Rape is a crime which is related to:
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Answer B. Rape committed by the blood relation like father, brother etc.
Incest is sexual intercourse between close blood relatives, such as father or brother.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q47, final key
- Q47 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
NCRB stands for?
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Answer A. National Crime Record Bureau
NCRB is the National Crime Records Bureau (1986), which publishes 'Crime in India'.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q48, final key
- Q48 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
What is the main law dealing with prisons in India?
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Answer B. The Prisons Act 1894
The main law on prisons in India is the Prisons Act 1894 (with the Model Prisons Act 2023 offered to states).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q49, final key
- Q49 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
In a crime like ‘terrorist financing’ the funds may stem from-
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Answer C. Both legal and Illegal sources
Terrorist financing can use legal sources (donations, business income) as well as illegal ones (drugs, extortion).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q50, final key
- Q50 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Select the option that is true regarding the following two statements labelled Assertion and Reason.
Assertion (A): The presumption of Innocence is a fundamental principle of criminal jurisprudence which asserts that a person should be presumed innocent unless and until proved guilty.
Reason (R): the burden of proof is on he who declares, not on he who denies.
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Answer A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation to (A)
Presumption of innocence rests on the rule that the burden of proof lies on the one who asserts (the prosecution), so R explains A.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q51, final key
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Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
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Answer A. Law of criminal Saturation – Enrico Ferri
Enrico Ferri gave the law of criminal saturation; drift theory is David Matza's, the classical school is Beccaria/Bentham, and subculture theory is Albert Cohen's.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q52, final key
- Q52 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Who expanded the Differential Association theory to include the Principles of Modern Behaviour Theory?
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Answer D. Ronald L. Akers
Ronald Akers (with Burgess) reworked Sutherland's differential association into differential association-reinforcement (social learning) theory using operant behaviour principles.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q53, final key
- Q53 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Phishing attack is a form of:
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Answer A. Cyber crime
Phishing uses fake emails or websites to steal credentials, so it is classified as a cyber crime.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q54, final key
- Q54 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
The theory of delinquent subculture was propounded by:
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Answer B. Cohen
Albert K. Cohen's 'Delinquent Boys' (1955) set out the delinquent subculture theory.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q55, final key
- Q55 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The probation of offenders cannot be granted in what kind of organized crimes?
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Answer B. Crime under NDPS Act
Section 33 of the NDPS Act, 1985 bars release on probation (Section 360 CrPC or the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958) for anyone convicted of an NDPS offence, unless under 18; IPC, Motor Vehicles Act and other offences can get probation.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q56, final key
- Q56 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Bachpan Bachao Andolan vs Union of India Case is related to:
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Answer B. Human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation
In Bachpan Bachao Andolan v Union of India (2011) the Supreme Court dealt with child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, including children in circuses.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q57, final key
- Q57 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
In camera trials’ are permitted in which kind of cases in India?
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Answer D. In rape cases
Section 327(2) CrPC makes inquiry and trial of rape offences (IPC 376 group) in camera; matrimonial cases can also be heard in camera (Hindu Marriage Act s.22), but the criminal-trial mandate the question intends is for rape.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q58, final key
- Q58 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The headquarter of National Crime Records Bureau is located in:
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Answer A. New Delhi
NCRB, set up in 1986 under the Ministry of Home Affairs, is headquartered in New Delhi.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q59, final key
- Q59 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Which school of criminology propounded the Theory of Free will?
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Answer A. Classical School
The classical school (Beccaria, Bentham) held that people act by free will and rational choice, so punishment should deter.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q60, final key
- Q60 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Which section of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 defines corrupt practices in relation to elections?
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Answer B. Section 123
Section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 lists corrupt practices such as bribery and undue influence.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q61, final key
- Q61 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The committee which submitted the Report on Prevention of Corruption?
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Answer B. Santhanam Committee
The Santhanam Committee (1962-64) reported on prevention of corruption and led to the Central Vigilance Commission.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q62, final key
- Q62 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The constitution of India under Article 20 guarantees the fundamental right to a person from -
a. Ex post laws,
b. Double jeopardy
c. Prohibition against self incrimination
d. Right to vote
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Answer C. a, b, c
Article 20 protects against ex post facto laws, double jeopardy and self-incrimination; the right to vote is not in Article 20.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q63, final key
- Q63 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Which country among the following does not have capital punishment?
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Answer A. United Kingdom
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty (fully by 1998); the USA, India and China retain it.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q64, final key
- Q64 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The famous case related directions given to Prison authorities and police on providing legal aid to the poor prisoners.
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Answer C. Sheela Barse Vs Union of India
Sheela Barse cases (1983 and 1986) led to Supreme Court directions to police and jail authorities on legal aid and protection of prisoners; the key names Sheela Barse.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q65, final key
- Q65 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
“Punishment is inflicted by the group in its corporate capacity upon one who is regarded as the member of the same group” – who defined it?
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Answer B. Sutherland
This definition of punishment, as suffering inflicted by a group in its corporate capacity on its own member, is from Sutherland (and Cressey).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q66, final key
- Q66 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Which Committee for the very first time recommended the principle of reformation and rehabilitation of offenders?
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Answer D. Indian Jails Committee (1919-1920)
The Indian Jails Committee 1919-20 was the first to state that reformation and rehabilitation of offenders should be objects of prison administration.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q67, final key
- Q67 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
The Latin maxim of Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea means:
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Answer A. An act does not make a man guilty of a crime, unless his mind is also guilty
The maxim means an act alone does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty; it is the basis of mens rea.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q68, final key
- Q68 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The Supreme court of India in which case opined that the extreme sentence of death should not be inflicted save in the ‘rarest of rare’ cases when alternative option is unquestionably foreclosed?
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Answer B. Bacchan Singh Vs State of Punjab
Bachan Singh v State of Punjab (1980) upheld the death penalty but limited it to the 'rarest of rare' cases.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q69, final key
- Q69 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The term used to denote the use of criminal law to penalize alleged, perceived or potential HIV exposure is called:
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Answer B. HIV criminalization
Using criminal law against alleged, perceived or potential HIV exposure or transmission is called HIV criminalisation.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q70, final key
- Q70 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Proponents of this Theory of punishment argue that for this punitive model to work, it is necessary that the punishment suffered by the offender must be equivalent to the pain of the victim who has suffered the consequences of offender’s wrongful actions.
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Answer C. Retributive Theory
Retributive theory demands that the punishment be proportionate to the harm caused ('eye for an eye').
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q71, final key
- Q71 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, after its amendment in 2008, an accused can be detained without trial for how many days?
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Answer B. 180 days
The 2008 amendment to UAPA (Section 43D) allows custody before chargesheet to be extended up to 180 days.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q72, final key
- Q72 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
In what kind of sentencing, a judge makes a discretionary decision as to what the maximum and minimum sentences should be for each convicted offender?
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Answer C. Indeterminate sentencing
In indeterminate sentencing the judge sets a minimum and maximum term and the release date is decided later, often by a parole board.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q73, final key
- Q73 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
______ in 2003 suggested that Indian Penal Code needs to be reviewed and a separate code on social welfare offences should be inserted providing stringent punishments involving increased social stigma.
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Answer D. Justice Malimath Committee
The Justice V.S. Malimath Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System (2003) suggested a separate code of social welfare offences.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q74, final key
- Q74 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Law Commission of India’s 154th report relates to:
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Answer A. Victim rights
The Law Commission's 154th Report (1996) on the Code of Criminal Procedure recommended victim compensation, so it is linked to victim rights.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q75, final key
- Q75 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
According to the Constitution of India under Article 22(2), every person who is arrested has a right to be produced -
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Answer C. within 24 hours of arrest to the nearest magistrate excluding the time of journey
Article 22(2) requires an arrested person to be produced before the nearest magistrate within 24 hours, excluding travel time.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q76, final key
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According to Section 59 (25) of the Prisons Act of 1894, who are appointed as Prison Visitors are called -
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Answer A. Official and Non Official visitors
Rules under Section 59(25) of the Prisons Act, 1894 provide for appointment of both official and non-official visitors to prisons.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q77, final key
- Q77 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
National Committee on Women Prisoners was appointed under the authority of _____.
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Answer A. Justice V R Krishna Iyer
The National Expert Committee on Women Prisoners (1986-87) was chaired by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q78, final key
- Q78 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Which among the following is the first legislation related to prisons regulation in India?
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Answer B. Prisons Act 1894
The Prisons Act, 1894 is the first comprehensive law regulating prisons in India and is still in force.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q79, final key
- Q79 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The term ‘Prison’ has been defined under which section of The Prisons Act 1894?
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Answer C. Section 3 (1)
Section 3(1) of the Prisons Act, 1894 defines 'prison'.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q80, final key
- Q80 Criminology, Deviance and Crime
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design theory was proposed by -
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Answer C. C. Ray Jeffery
C. Ray Jeffery coined CPTED in his 1971 book 'Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design'.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q81, final key
- Q81 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
NPIP stands for:
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Answer B. National Prisons Information Portal
NPIP is the National Prisons Information Portal, run with e-Prisons to give information on prisons and inmates.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q82, final key
- Q82 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Match the following:
List I List II 1. Article 32 of Constitution of India A. Confession by the accused person 2. Section 164 of Cr. P. C. B. Pardoning power of President 3. Article 72 of the Constitution of India C. Commutation of death sentence 4. Section 54 of IPC D. Writ of habeas corpus Show answerHide answer
Answer C. 1-D, 2-A, 3-B, 4-C
Article 32 - habeas corpus writ; Section 164 CrPC - recording confessions; Article 72 - President's pardon; Section 54 IPC - commutation of death sentence.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q83, final key
- Q83 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
In which case the Supreme Court has emphasized upon reducing overcrowding in prison and upon giving proper medical care to the prisoners?
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Answer C. Rama Murthy Vs State of Karnataka
In Rama Murthy v State of Karnataka (1997) the Supreme Court listed prison problems including overcrowding and poor medical care and gave directions.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q84, final key
- Q84 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
In case the rights available to prisoners under the constitution are violated by the State or its authorities the prisoner can avail the remedies by approaching the Supreme or High Court under:
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Answer A. Article 32 of the Constitution of India
Article 32 lets a person move the Supreme Court for enforcement of fundamental rights (Article 226 for High Courts).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q85, final key
- Q85 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Prison Discipline Committee in year 1836 was appointed in year by -
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Answer A. Lord Macauley
The Prison Discipline Committee (1836-38) was set up on the initiative of Lord Macaulay.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q86, final key
- Q86 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Which place in U.P. first in point of time set up an open air camp attached to Model Prison in 1949?
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Answer B. Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh set up its first open air camp attached to the Model Prison, Lucknow, in 1949.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q87, final key
- Q87 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
What kind of prisons are generally attached to the closed prisons just beyond the enclosed perimeter and are relatively more under security surveillance?
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Answer A. Semi open prisons
Semi-open prisons sit just outside a closed prison's wall and keep more security than fully open prisons.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q88, final key
- Q88 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The subject matters relating to the establishment of prisons and allied matters comes under the legislative domain of the States under which list of the Constitution of India?
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Answer B. List II of the seventh schedule
'Prisons, reformatories, borstal institutions' are Entry 4 of List II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q89, final key
- Q89 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Who among the following philosophers opined the prison system called ‘Panoptican’ as a social control mechanism?
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Answer B. Sir Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham designed the Panopticon, a prison where one watcher can see all inmates.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q90, final key
- Q90 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Bombay Borstal Schools Act is enforced from year?
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Answer A. 1929
The Bombay Borstal Schools Act was passed in 1929.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q91, final key
- Q91 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Open shelter or shelter homes are provided under:
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Answer B. Section 43 JJ Act 2015
Section 43 of the JJ Act, 2015 provides for open shelters for children in need of community-based support.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q93, final key
- Q92 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
NCPCR stands for :
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Answer C. National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights
NCPCR is the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, set up in 2007 under the CPCR Act, 2005.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q94, final key
- Q93 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
The open shelter homes have to send the information every month in the manner as may be prescribed, regarding children availing the services of the shelter to -
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Answer B. District Child Protection Unit
Section 43(3) of the JJ Act, 2015 requires open shelters to send monthly information on children using them to the District Child Protection Unit and the Committee.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q95, final key
- Q94 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
The Juvenile Justice Act 2015 allows for the temporary or short term placement of the child. That place is generally called as :
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Answer B. Fit facility
A 'fit facility' under Section 2(27) of the JJ Act, 2015 is a facility found fit to take temporary responsibility for a child.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q96, final key
- Q95 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Child welfare Officer is -
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Answer C. an officer attached to a Children’s Home, for carrying out the directions given by the Committee or the Board
Under Section 2(19) of the JJ Act, 2015, a child welfare officer is attached to a Children's Home to carry out directions of the Committee or Board.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q97, final key
- Q96 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
The classification and segregation of children is done on the basis of :
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Answer D. Age, nature of offences, physical & mental status
JJ rules require children in homes to be classified and segregated by age, nature of offence, and physical and mental status.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q98, final key
- Q97 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
The child Welfare Committee constituted under the Juvenile Justice Act exercises the powers and functions related to:
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Answer A. Child in need of care and protection
The Child Welfare Committee deals with children in need of care and protection; children in conflict with law go to the Juvenile Justice Board.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q99, final key
- Q98 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Which among the following is not applicable on Children in conflict with law under Juvenile Justice Act?
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Answer C. Police Can use handcuffs
Police cannot handcuff, chain or lock up a child in conflict with law; the child is placed with the Special Juvenile Police Unit and produced before the Board.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q100, final key
- Q99 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Give the full name of The POCSO Act:
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Answer B. The Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
POCSO stands for the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, enacted in 2012.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q102, final key
- Q100 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
As per Section 18(3) of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, the Juvenile Justice Board after preliminary assessment under section 15 pass an order that there is a need for trial of the said child as an adult, then the Board may order transfer of the trial of the case to?
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Answer D. The Children’s Court having jurisdiction to try such offences
Section 18(3) lets the Board transfer the trial of a child aged 16-18 accused of a heinous offence to the Children's Court having jurisdiction, after the Section 15 preliminary assessment.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q103, final key
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According to section 167 of CrPC, the period of remand in a police custody may extend upto :
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Answer D. 15 days
Section 167(2) CrPC allows a magistrate to authorise police custody for not more than 15 days in all; further detention must be judicial custody.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q104, final key
- Q102 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
According to the Juvenile Justice Act a ‘Child’ means a person:
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Answer A. Who has not completed the age of 18 years
Section 2(12) of the JJ Act 2015 defines a child as a person who has not completed 18 years of age.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q105, final key
- Q103 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Integrated Child Protection Scheme in India is an initiative by:
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Answer A. The Ministry of Women and Child Development
ICPS was launched in 2009 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to support the JJ system; it is now part of Mission Vatsalya.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q106, final key
- Q104 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
The provision of establishment of observation home is provided under:
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Answer B. Section 47 of the JJ Act
In the JJ Act 2015, Section 47 covers observation homes, Section 48 special homes, Section 49 places of safety and Section 46 after-care.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q107, final key
- Q105 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Section 50 of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 specifies the provisions related to :
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Answer A. Children Homes
Section 50 of the JJ Act 2015 lets the State Government set up children's homes for children in need of care and protection.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q108, final key
- Q106 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Juvenile Justice Board by exercising their powers under section 18 of the JJ Act 2015 relating to the child in conflict with law sends them to :
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Answer A. Special Homes
After finding that a child has committed an offence, the Board may under Section 18(1)(g) send the child to a special home for up to three years for reformative services.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q109, final key
- Q107 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Who provides for the management and monitoring of special homes, including the standards and various types of services to be provided by them which are necessary for social re-integration of a child and also the manner in which the registration of special homes can be given or withdrawn?
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Answer A. The State government
Section 48(2) of the JJ Act 2015 says the State Government provides, by rules, for the management, monitoring, standards and services of special homes and how their registration is granted or withdrawn.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q110, final key
- Q108 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Match the following:
List I List II A. Special homes 1. Section 51 (1) of JJ Act B. Observation homes 2. Section 48 of JJ Act C. Place of safety 3. Section 47 of JJ Act D. Fit facility 4. Section 49 of JJ Act Show answerHide answer
Answer C. A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
In the JJ Act 2015: Section 47 observation homes, Section 48 special homes, Section 49 place of safety, Section 51(1) fit facility.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q111, final key
- Q109 Open Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions
Which among the following is a centrally sponsored umbrella scheme under which various schemes for children in need of care and protection, and children in conflict with law are covered?
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Answer A. ICPS (Integrated Child Protection Scheme)
ICPS (2009) brought earlier child protection schemes under one centrally sponsored umbrella for children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q112, final key
- Q110 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Which among the following is the supreme authority for providing legal services under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987?
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Answer B. National Legal Services Authority
The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 sets up NALSA (Section 3) at the apex, with State, District and Taluk legal services authorities below it.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q113, final key
- Q111 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Under which theory, severe punishments are inflicted upon the offender so that he abstains from committing a crime in future and it would also be a lesson to the other members of the society, as to what can be the consequences of committing a crime?
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Answer C. Deterrent theory
Deterrent theory uses severe punishment to stop the offender from repeating the crime and to warn others in society.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q114, final key
- Q112 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Communities must take a unified stand against crime, violence, and disregard for the law, and must make a commitment to increasing crime-prevention and intervention activities. As links between the police and the community are strengthened over time, the ensuing partnership will be better able to pinpoint and mitigate the underlying causes of crime. This is called as -
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Answer B. Community policing
Community policing is a police-community partnership that identifies and tackles the root causes of crime together; the stress on police-community links points to it.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q115, final key
- Q113 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
In which case the Supreme Court expressed its reservation on mercy petitions by persons convicted under TADA and other similar statutes and said that they stand on a different footing than the petitions filed by persons convicted under general law?
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Answer D. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar & Anr. Vs State of NCT of Delhi
In Devender Pal Singh Bhullar v. State (NCT of Delhi), 2013, the Supreme Court said delay in deciding mercy petitions of TADA-type terror convicts stands on a different footing from that of ordinary convicts; Shatrughan Chauhan (2014) later overruled this.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q116, final key
- Q114 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The term ‘probation’ is derived from a latin word ‘probatus’ meaning:
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Answer A. tested or proved
Probation comes from the Latin 'probare', to test or prove; 'probatus' means tested or proved.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q117, final key
- Q115 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Who is credited as “Father of probation”?
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Answer C. John Augustus
John Augustus, a Boston shoemaker, stood bail for offenders from 1841 and supervised them, which led to the first probation law (Massachusetts, 1878); he is called the father of probation.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q118, final key
- Q116 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The Court allows a person to be released on probation according to :
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Answer B. Section 360 CrPC read with Probation of Offender’s Act
Courts release offenders on probation under Section 360 CrPC together with the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958; Section 361 CrPC requires the court to consider these provisions, and where the 1958 Act is in force it applies in place of Section 360.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q119, final key
- Q117 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Choose your answer based on the statements given below.
(A): Overcrowding in Jail creates dehumanizing conditions and criminogenic surrounding.
(R): Therefore, probation protects an individual from contaminating influence of recidivist prison inmates.
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Answer A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Overcrowded prisons breed crime, and probation keeps a first or minor offender out of that setting, away from habitual offenders. The key treats R as following from A.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q120, final key
- Q118 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Section 360(1) gives discretionary power to a court to release an offender on probation of good conduct. Which of these is not eligible to be released on probation?
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Answer C. A person who has been previously convicted
Section 360(1) CrPC covers women, persons under 21, and persons aged 21 or more convicted of offences punishable with fine or up to seven years, provided no previous conviction is proved. A previously convicted person is excluded.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q121, final key
- Q119 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The release of an offender on probation of good conduct is a:
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Answer B. A discretion of the Court
Section 360 CrPC and the Probation of Offenders Act say the court 'may' release an offender on probation, so it is the court's discretion, not the offender's right.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q122, final key
- Q120 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
In which case it was observed by the Supreme Court that where an offence is punishable with fine or with imprisonment with a term of seven years or less and the accused is below the age of 21 years at the time of commission of offence, he is entitled to avail the benefit of section 360 CrPC?
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Answer B. Surendra Kumar Vs State of Rajasthan
The key names Surendra Kumar v. State of Rajasthan for the rule that an accused under 21 at the time of an offence punishable with fine or up to seven years can claim the benefit of Section 360 CrPC. The other three cases are on different subjects.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q123, final key
- Q121 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Choose your answer based on the statements given below.
(A): The applicability of section 360 of CrPC is further reinforced by section 361
(R): It considerably narrows down the discretion of a court to sentence a convicted person
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Answer A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Section 361 CrPC makes the court record special reasons when it does not give the benefit of Section 360 or the probation law. This reinforces Section 360 by narrowing the court's discretion to send such offenders to prison.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q124, final key
- Q122 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Match the following:
List I List II A. Probation of Offender’s Act 1. Section 361 CrPC B. Reasons to be recorded in writing when not released the offender on probation 2. 1958 C. Punishment 3. Section 3 & 4 of Probation of Offenders Act D. Power of court to release certain offenders on probation of good conduct 4. Section 53 of IPC Show answerHide answer
Answer B. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
The Probation of Offenders Act is of 1958; Section 361 CrPC requires special reasons in writing when probation is not given; Section 53 IPC lists punishments; Sections 3 and 4 of the 1958 Act give the power to release after admonition or on probation of good conduct.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q125, final key
- Q123 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The Report of the All India Committee on Jail Reforms, 1980-83 is also called as:
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Answer D. Mulla Committee
The All India Committee on Jail Reforms (1980-83) was chaired by Justice A.N. Mulla, so its report is called the Mulla Committee report.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q126, final key
- Q124 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
In which case the Supreme Court of India held that the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 is a social legislation which is meant to reform young offenders so as to prevent them from becoming hardened criminals by providing an educative and reformative treatment to them by the Government?
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Answer C. Musa Khan Vs State of Maharashtra
In Musa Khan v. State of Maharashtra (1976) the Supreme Court called the Probation of Offenders Act a social legislation meant to reform young offenders through educative and reformative treatment.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q127, final key
- Q125 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
The recently formulated Model Prison Manual, 2016 is an initiative by:
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Answer C. The Ministry of Home Affairs
The Model Prison Manual 2016 was prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (with BPR&D) and sent to States and UTs as a guide.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q128, final key
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The Model Prison Manual 2016 has prescribed the objective and detailed procedure for the pre-mature release of prisoners to:
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Answer C. The States and Union Territories
Prisons are a State subject, so the Model Prison Manual 2016 lays down premature release procedure for adoption by all States and Union Territories.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q129, final key
- Q127 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Article 161 of the Constitution of India states provisions related to -
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Answer B. Pardoning power of the Governor of a State
Article 161 gives the Governor power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions and to suspend, remit or commute sentences for offences against State laws.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q130, final key
- Q128 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Power exercised by the President of India to grant pardon under Article 72 of the Constitution of India is?
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Answer A. Executive power
The pardoning power in Article 72 is an executive power, exercised on the advice of the Council of Ministers (Maru Ram, 1980; Kehar Singh, 1989).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q131, final key
- Q129 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
In which case the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India held that for the purpose of calculation of the total period of imprisonment under the law, the period of imprisonment for life should be taken to equivalent to the period of imprisonment for 20 years?
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Answer A. Laxman Naskar Vs State of West Bengal
In Laxman Naskar v. State of West Bengal (2000) the Supreme Court accepted that, for remission under State rules, life imprisonment is reckoned as 20 years; it does not mean a lifer must be released after 20 years.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q132, final key
- Q130 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners is also known as:
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Answer C. Nelson Mandela Rules
The revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (2015) are called the Nelson Mandela Rules.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q133, final key
- Q131 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Which among these is not correct in relation to furlough?
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Answer C. Furlough is permanent release of the offender
Furlough is a short, temporary release given as a matter of good conduct to long-term prisoners (often after a minimum term such as three years), and the time on furlough counts as part of the sentence. It is never a permanent release.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q134, final key
- Q132 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The Parole Re-organisation Act 1973 is law applicable in :
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Answer B. United States of America
The parole reorganisation law belongs to the United States federal system; the well-known statute is the Parole Commission and Reorganization Act (1976), which created the US Parole Commission. The year 1973 in the question is as printed.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q135, final key
- Q133 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The guidelines related to the constitution of the State Sentence Review Board has been given by -
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Answer B. National Human Rights Commission
The NHRC issued guidelines (1999, revised 2003) asking States to set up Sentence Review Boards to review premature release of life convicts.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q136, final key
- Q134 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
"Parole is the release, of an offender who remains under the control of correctional authorities in an attempt to find out whether he is fit to live in the free society without supervision" has been defined by -
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Answer B. J.L. Gillin
This definition of parole, as release under the continued control of correctional authorities to test fitness for free life, is credited to the criminologist J.L. Gillin.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q137, final key
- Q135 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Parole is of how many types?
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Answer B. Two (regular and emergency)
Indian prison rules (and the Model Prison Manual) recognise regular parole, given after a minimum period of sentence, and emergency (custody) parole for events such as a death or marriage in the family.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q138, final key
- Q136 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Choose your answer based on the statements given below.
(A): Release on parole is not an absolute right, though, it is a legal right of every eligible prisoner as per the conditions laid down
(R): This concession is subject to cancellation
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Answer C. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Parole is a conditional concession: an eligible prisoner may claim it under the rules, but it is not absolute. It can also be cancelled for breach of conditions. Both are true, but cancellability does not explain why parole is a legal yet non-absolute right.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q139, final key
- Q137 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Role of Probation officer are limited with respect to adult offenders. Struck out which is not correct :
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Answer C. There is provision for offenders to be kept under the supervision of POs while on bail
For adults, the probation officer comes in only after conviction, for a pre-sentence report and supervision under a probation order. The law has no provision to place adults on bail under a probation officer's supervision, so that statement is wrong.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q140, final key
- Q138 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Choose your answer based on the statements given below.
(A): The Role of Probation Officers are applicable to all children irrespective of whether there is a probation order or not.
(R): They are Children in Need of Care and Protection and Children in Conflict with Law
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Answer A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Under the JJ Act, probation officers work with all children who come into the system, without any probation order: social investigation, individual care plans and follow-up. This is because the Act treats these children as children in need of care and protection or in conflict with law.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q141, final key
- Q139 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Who is expected to regularly interact with children in conflict with law and also to prepare individual care plans to facilitate rehabilitation irrespective of those children being on bail or housed in the observation home?
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Answer C. The probation officer
Under the JJ Model Rules 2016, the probation officer meets children in conflict with law regularly and prepares the individual care plan, whether the child is on bail or in an observation home.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q142, final key
- Q140 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Who stated that Probation is the first stage of the correctional scheme and the parole being the last stage?
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Answer D. J.L. Gillin
J.L. Gillin described probation as the first stage of the correctional process (before imprisonment) and parole as its last stage (after imprisonment).
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q143, final key
- Q141 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
In which country, the task of granting parole is handled by the expert psychologists and psychiatrists who subject a prisoner to a psychological test to determine his suitability for being paroled out?
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Answer A. United States of America
Criminology texts note that in the USA parole boards rely on psychologists and psychiatrists, who test a prisoner to judge his fitness for release on parole.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q144, final key
- Q142 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Section 18 of the Probation of Offenders Act shall have no effect on:
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Answer B. sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
Section 18 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 saves certain laws from its effect, including sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, so such offenders cannot get probation under the 1958 Act.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q145, final key
- Q143 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
When a probation officer gives the report to the Court regarding the release of person on probation, that recommendation:
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Answer C. May be either accepted or not accepted by the Judge
Under Section 4(3) and Section 7 of the Probation of Offenders Act the court considers the probation officer's report, but the report only helps the court decide; the judge may accept it or not.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q146, final key
- Q144 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The probation officers are responsible for their duties under the Probation of Offender’s Act. Their major role is :
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Answer A. Supervision and rehabilitation
Section 14 of the Probation of Offenders Act makes the probation officer supervise probationers and help them find suitable employment and settle in society, so the role is both supervision and rehabilitation.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q147, final key
- Q145 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
If probation granted, the probationer is ______.
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Answer B. Kept under supervision of Probation officer
On probation of good conduct the offender is released on a bond and, under Section 4(3) of the Act, may be placed under the supervision of a probation officer.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q148, final key
- Q146 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
Under section 6 of the Probation of Offenders Act, the judge has to give reasons as to why probation is not awarded for a person
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Answer B. below 21 years of age.
Section 6 of the Probation of Offenders Act bars imprisonment of an offender under 21 (for offences not punishable with life imprisonment) unless the court records its reasons for not dealing with him under Section 3 or 4.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q149, final key
- Q147 Criminal Justice System, Probation and Parole
The Court has to call for a report from whom before deciding to not grant probation under the Probation of Offenders Act?
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Answer C. Probation officer
Section 6(2) of the Probation of Offenders Act requires the court to call for a report from the probation officer before deciding not to release an offender under 21 on probation or admonition.
Source: APPSC DPO 2023 SW & Criminology (Notification 11/2022), Q150, final key
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