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Write a short note onRole of Psychology in understanding the criminals and in preventing crime.

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Criminal behavior : In a legal sense a person of 18 or above are convicted by the court of law for violating the IPC, CPC is labelled a criminal in our country and the illegal act for which the person is convicted is considered as a crime. Any behaviour like gambling, abduction attempt at suicide, trespassing another’s property, prostitution, sexual assault etc., are termed as criminal behavior. 

Prevention: 

• There is a great need for social reform and breaking social and caste barrier. 

• Efforts should be made for the prevention, control and treatment of the identified delinquent. 

• The task of narrowing the guilt between the rich and the poor should be given priority. 

• Attempt should be made to minimize undesirable influence of literature, films, and other mass media. 

• Parents, elders, social educational and political leaders should be such that they become ideal of socially desirable behavior.



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