A. ancient
B. medieval hindu
C. both (a) & (b)
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Penology Treatment of Offenders MCQs
A police officer or probation officer is best described as a
A. criminalist.
B. criminologist.
C. criminal justice professional
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Reformative theory is praised for its contribution like
A. rehabilitationof inmates in peno-correctional institutions
B. transforming inmates into law-abiding citizens
C. human treatment of inmates
D. all the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Who defined crime as the intentional Act in violation of the criminal law and penalized by the state
A. paul tappan
B. lombroso
C. edwin sutherland
D. howard becker
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Development of modern prison institutions are the contributions of
A. utilitarian prevention
B. retributive theory
C. behavioural prevention: incapacitation
D. reformative theory
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Justice A. N. Mulla Committee of Jail Reforms has suggested setting up of _____ for modernization of prison in India
A. national prison commission
B. central prison commission
C. national prison modernization commission
D. national jails modernization commission
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The preventive theory seeks to prevent the repetition of crime by
A. incapacitating the offenders
B. disabling the criminal
C. punishing with death, imprisonment, transportation of life
D. all the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The Model Prison Rules were prepared by the Committee in
A. 1956
B. 1957
C. 1958
D. 1959
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Bentham’s contribution through Utilitarian Prevention/ Deterrence has been that
A. it provided opportunity for reformation
B. it became effective in crime control
C. it advocated swift action
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Government of India set up the All India Jail Manual Committee in
A. 1956
B. 1947
C. 1949
D. 1965
✅ The correct answer is option A.