Mastering Criminology: The Authoritative Guide to UGC NET/JRF and SET

Mastering Criminology: The Authoritative Guide to UGC NET/JRF and SET by K. Jaishankar is a comprehensive study guide for candidates preparing for Paper 2 (Criminology, Subject Code 68) of the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test, the Junior Research Fellowship, and the State Eligibility Tests in India is released to commemorate the International Day created by IIJPS & SASCV honoring Cesare Lombroso on his birthday, 6th November. It covers all ten units of the current UGC syllabus in thirty-one chapters, arranged in seven parts: crime and criminology, criminological theory, criminal law and human rights, criminological research, penology and corrections, juvenile and youth justice, and victimology. Each chapter follows a uniform structure, with learning objectives, a syllabus map, an explanation of core concepts, tables of key thinkers and their works, relevant laws and landmark judgments, a quick revision box, an analysis of previous-year questions, forty practice questions in the formats used by the National Testing Agency, and an answer key with explanations. The book presents the provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act alongside those of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, which came into force on 1 July 2024. It also covers contemporary developments in the discipline, including cyber criminology, Space Transition Theory and cyber victimology, written by their originator, K. Jaishankar. The back matter contains 1,475 previous-year questions from sixteen examination papers set between 2016 and 2025, with answers arranged by unit, together with five model test papers, appendices, a glossary and a guide to further reading. The book is published as a free open access resource under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence.