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Criminology

70 questions · 8 years (2016–2026) · average 19 marks · 18 debates, 8 asked more than once
Criminology DebatesIs juvenile delinquency in Pakistan driven more by poverty or by family breakdown?5Should Pakistan's criminal investigations rely on forensic evidence over interrogation and confession?5Is criminal behaviour rooted more in biology or in social conditions?4Is radicalisation in Pakistan driven more by ideology or by socio-economic grievance?3Is Pakistan's police failure rooted in politicisation or in lack of capacity?3Can intelligence-led and international police cooperation effectively curb organised and transnational crime?3Do Pakistan's prisons rehabilitate offenders or breed crime and militancy?3
+5 moreIs crime in Pakistan driven more by inequality or by weak social control?2Is the rule of law achievable in Pakistan, or will it remain a myth?1Has Pakistan's counter-terrorism policy, including the National Action Plan, succeeded?1Does unplanned urban growth drive crime in Pakistan's cities?1Are youth addiction, suicide and hate crime products of social breakdown or individual failure?1

The debates it returns to

  1. Is juvenile delinquency in Pakistan driven more by poverty or by family breakdown?asked 5 times in this subject since 2016 · 6 years in all
  2. Should Pakistan's criminal investigations rely on forensic evidence over interrogation and confession?asked 5 times in this subject since 2016 · 3 years in all
  3. Is criminal behaviour rooted more in biology or in social conditions?asked 4 times in this subject since 2016 · 2 years in all
  4. Is radicalisation in Pakistan driven more by ideology or by socio-economic grievance?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 4 years in all
  5. Is Pakistan's police failure rooted in politicisation or in lack of capacity?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 3 years in all
  6. Can intelligence-led and international police cooperation effectively curb organised and transnational crime?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 2 years in all
  7. Do Pakistan's prisons rehabilitate offenders or breed crime and militancy?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 2 years in all
  8. Is crime in Pakistan driven more by inequality or by weak social control?asked 2 times in this subject since 2016 · 7 years in all
  9. Is the rule of law achievable in Pakistan, or will it remain a myth?asked 1 time in this subject since 2016 · 4 years in all
  10. Has Pakistan's counter-terrorism policy, including the National Action Plan, succeeded?asked 1 time in this subject since 2016 · 4 years in all
  11. Does unplanned urban growth drive crime in Pakistan's cities?asked 1 time in this subject since 2016 · 3 years in all
  12. Are youth addiction, suicide and hate crime products of social breakdown or individual failure?asked 1 time in this subject since 2016 · 2 years in all

How examiners ask

  • Explain31%
  • Discuss24%
  • Recommend13%
  • Take a position10%
  • Question9%
  • Critically analyse7%
  • Define3%

What answers must contain

Pakistan link · 36%impact · 19%define · 17%a way forward · 17%give evidence · 13%causes · 11%your position · 7%both sides · 7%background · 6%outlook · 1%

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