M.Phil. (Police Administration)

Sem. I (All Papers are Compulsory)

Sr. No.

Subjects of Study

I

Philosophical Foundations of Police Administration

1

Kautilya, Robert Peel, David H. Bailey, O.W. Wilson

2

Cesare Beccaria, Cesare Lombroso, Howard Abadinski, Michel Foucault.

3

Robert K Merton, Edwin Sutherland, Howard Becker, Emile Durkheim.

4

Sigmund Freud, Abraham Maslow, Rinses Likert, Herbert Simon.

II

Emerging Dimensions of Police Administration in India 

• Police: Concept and Significance
• Evolution of Police Administration
• Police Reforms since Independence

• Citizen Police Interface: Concept and Significance
• Community Policing: Concept and Rationale; Community Policing in India
• Police Media relationship

• E-Governance and its application in Police
• Citizen Charters: Concept, Rationale and its application in Police
• Right to Information: Initiative and Challenges

• Gender sensitization of Police, weaker sections and Police
• Disaster preparedness and Role of Police
• Human Rights and Policing in India

III

Laws Related with Police Administration 

• The Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act, 1922.
• The Punjab Police Act 2007
• The Model Police Act of 2006
• The Police Act 1861
• The Police- Forces Restriction of Rights Act 1966.

• The Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1981
• The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
• The Pre- Conception and Pre - Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection)
• Act of 1994
• The Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002

• The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985
• The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967
• The Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955
• SCs & STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989

• Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961
• The Juvenile Justice Act, 1986
• Information Technology Act, 2000
• The Arms Act, 1959.

IV

Research Methodology in Police Administration

• Research- Meaning, nature and its significance for Police Administration,
• Interdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences: Rationale and Approaches
• Selection and Formulation of Research Problem.

• Review of Literature: Purpose and design techniques
• Hypothesis: Definition, features, types and testing
• Research Design: Meaning and types.

• Sampling: Concept, types, size and sampling error
• Triangulation: Concept, rationale and process
• Meta-Analysis: Concept, rationale and process.

• Data Collection: Documents, observation; questionnaire and Interviews.
• Data processing and analysis- Role of computers.
• Report writing.

Sem. II (All Papers are Compulsory)

I

Computer Applications and Police Administration

Elements of Computer System: Basic parts of computer, CPU, Memory devices, RAM, ROM, Network Card, Processor, Representation of data, Binary numbers, I/O devices, Peripherals.

Operating System & Application Software: Windows and MS Office: Word, Excel and Power-Points, MIS.

Networking: Topologies of Networking, Intranet devices, LAN, WAN, Wi-fi, Security of network, Prevention from virus and attacks, Firewall.

Cyber Crimes: Hacking, Phasing, Forgery, IPR Violations, Cyber Terrorism, Banking/ Credit Card related crimes, e-Commerce frauds, Online gambling, Theft of internet laws, Confidentiality, Dot guidelines, Fake Email detection.

II

Dissertation

III

In Dissertation, the division of marks shall be as under:

(i) Research design preparation and presentation
(ii) Dissertation evaluation
(iii) Viva Voce Examination