Crime: An Integrated Criminological Perspective On Definitional Challenges And Control Strategies

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Muhammed Rafi K P, LLM, Central University of Karnataka

ABSTRACT

The famous philosopher of law Russel admitted that "to define crime is a task which so far has not been satisfactorily accomplished by any writer”. Crime has been defined by many jurists in a way that has not yet comprised of all essential factors of crime. How can a crime be defined and who has the authority to define an act as a crime? Who has the authority to build canons of crime? Such questions have been roaming between jurist.in a fact to define crime is quite a difficult act which led intellectuals unhealthy. This work is an attempt to identify the canons of crime and evaluate how crime has been defined by different jurists moving from singular definitions to integrated models like the Square of Crime and Hagan’s Pyramid. Furthermore, this paper extends this definitional debate into the realm of crime control, analyzing how an integrated understanding of "harm" and "social norms" necessitates a shift from purely repressive punishment to restorative control strategies.

Keywords: Crime, Definition of crime, Factors of crime, Social Control.

CRIME- AN INTEGRATED CRIMINOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEFINITIONAL CHALLENGES AND CONTROL STR.

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