Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a newly established department in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and to-date, the one and only department of this nature, in Sri Lanka. Nearly three decades ago, with the initiative and guidance of our late senior professor Nandasena Ratnapala, the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Criminology was introduced to students by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
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Geethanjalee Bethi Gee Saraniya – 2016
Students’ participation in “Geethanjalee Bethi Gee Saraniya – 2016”
අපරාධ විද්‍යාව ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලාව 2023 / 2024
අපරාධ විද්‍යාව හා අපරාධ යුක්ති අධ්‍යයනංශය මගින් ඉදිරිපත් කරනු ලබන, අපරාධ විද්‍යාව ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලාව 2023 / 2024 සඳහා අයදුම්පත් කැඳවීම සිදුකරනු ලැබේ. Download Diploma Guidelines
Prof. W. M. Dhanapala
Head of the Department
MESSAGE OF THE HEAD
During the mid-1980s, the late Senior Professor Nandasena Ratnapala, the Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, was the key figure in introducing this novel subject to the Sri Lankan University curriculum. As young behavioral and empirical social science, Criminology and Criminal Justice mainly focus on crime and crime related social and legal settings. The prime objective of this multi-disciplinary field of study is to prevent and control crime in order to uplift the quality of individuals’ social lives.
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First International Conference on Criminology and Criminal Justice – 2024
Inauguration Ceremony of PGD in Criminology & Criminal Justice
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Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice – Documentary 01
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Cultural Criminology E journal | ISSN – 2961-5097 | Pages – 189
Human society and culture are inextricably linked; they are two sides of the same coin. Observation reveals how the value system, which comprises the individual emotions known as culture, acts as a tool of social control. In this approach, distinct orientations relating to the culture of a person’s life have been formed, in which culture plays a central role in driving individual action and opening or closing the individual to society. In addition to other areas, cultural criminology was brought to the science of criminology in the era following the Second World War to study the individual criminality connected with culture, its causes, and the control and prevention of these conditions. Adding definitions to our culture, here we will study the cultural aspects that continue to exist as well as the new and vanishing elements that join the globalized society that is constantly evolving. The study of cultural criminology, which is still acknowledged as a related area, has begun to fill the gap in the sources of literature
Academic Programs
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Criminology and Criminal Justice
The Sri Lankan criminal Justice system is consist of various apparatus and its smooth functioning and coordination with one another will definitely be a positive step toward the establishment of a law-abiding Sri Lankan society.
Postgraduate Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Justice
This program has been designed to open avenues for higher degrees such as M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. for graduates in any field of study. Also, the criminological knowledge gained from this course will enable successful candidates to enhance their professional.
Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Justice
පාසල් අධ්‍යාපනය අවසන්වූවන්, පොලිස්, අධිකරණ, පරිවාස, ත්‍රිවිධ හමුදා, සුරාබදු හා ඊට සමාන ක්ෂේත්‍රයන්හි නිළධාරීන් මෙන්ම අපරාධ විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ උනන්දුවක් දක්වන ඔබට අපාරධ විද්‍යා සහ අපරාධ යුක්ති අධ්‍යයනාංශයෙහි ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලාවන් සඳහා අයැදුම් කළ හැකි ය.
Diploma in Criminal Investigation and Modern Technology
Criminal investigation is an applied science that involves the study of facts that are then used to inform criminal trials. A complete criminal investigation can include searching, interviews, interrogations, evidence collection and preservation, and various methods of investigation.
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Goals
The Sri Lankan criminal Justice system is consist of various apparatus and its smooth functioning and coordination with one another will definitely be a positive step toward the establishment of a law-abiding Sri Lankan society.
Awards
The Department annually offers a special prize and an award to honor academic excellence of the students at the convocation.