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Occupation

Criminology

About The Occupation

Criminology is a subdivision of a larger field of Sociology and it draws from subjects such as Anthropology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Economics, Statistics, Demography and such disciplines to understand and explain criminal behavior

Domain

Public

Scope

1)Police Services 2) Legal Firms 3)Prisons and Remand Homes 4)Women's Organizations 5)Correctional Homes 6)Social Welfare Organizations, NGOs etc.

Skills Required

1)Analytical mind

2)The need to distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant

3)Resilient

4)The ability to assimilate and analyse facts

5)Work with all types of people

6)Tough and self confident

Eligibility

Criminology is offered both at the graduate & postgraduate level. Students of science and humanities can study the subject. It can also be studied as a specialism after a degree in Law.

Institutions offering the course

Institutes in Bihar

  1. Patna University, Ashok Rajpath, Patna, Phone: 0612 – 2678008, 0612 - 2670531

Institutes in other locations:

  1. Banaras Hindu University
  2. Lucknow University
  3. University of Punjab
  4. University of Madras, Tamil Nadu
  5. University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan
  6. Utkal University, Odisha

References

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