PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIMINAL (INCREASING CRIME RATE IN INDIA)

AUTHOR – SHUBHAM GARG, STUDENTS OF MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), MULLANA, AMBALA

Best Citation – SHUBHAM GARG, PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIMINAL (INCREASING CRIME RATE IN INDIA), ILE JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, VICTIMOLOGY AND PENOLOGY JURISPRUDENCE (ILE JCVPJ), 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 1-6, APIS – 3920 – 0050 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.

Abstract

This study presents the trend analysis of increasing Crime rates in India. We demonstrate the long term trends of serious violent and heinous crimes and examine whether the crime trends in India follow the global crime trends especially the inclining trend. The study aims to find how illiterate and non-working individuals affect crime and we analyse how media and other factors affect the psychology of Criminals. Through this we found how the socio demographic factors actually affect the crime rate of different states in the country and how it can help in policy making decisions for the nation. Our analysis is also based on the fact that the new methods of crime are increasing in the society and the way he did the crime is a very brutal method which is of grave concern for the society. By using the data of the National Crime Record Bureau, we have examined the overall trend and characteristics of crime control techniques in each stage of the criminal justice system in India during this period. The analysis of recent data, however shows alarming increase in serious crimes such as murder, rape, harassment, etc. This paper further stated that there are loopholes in the judicial system which needs to be reformed so that crimes can be prevented.

Key words – Crime, Murder, psychology, criminal justice system, violence, investigation, violation, rights, cases, intervention programme.