CONTENTS
Abstract 10
Introduction
Aim & Objective
Methodology
Scope & Limitations
Glossary
1. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 15
1.1. Crime as a Concept
1.2. Punishment
1.2.1. Retributive Theory
1.2.2. Deterrent Theory
1.2.3. Preventive Theory
1.2.4. Incapacitation Theory
1.2.5. Compensatory Theory
1.2.6. Reformative Theory
1.2.7. Utilitarian Theory
1.3. History of Crime and Punishment in Society
1.3.1. Hammurabi
1.3.2. Plato and Aristotle
1.3.3. Middle Ages and Christianity
1.4. Crime and Punishment in India
1.4.1. Ancient Law
1.4.2. Colonial India to Modern Penal Code
2. PRISONS 27
2.1. Concept Of Prisons
2.1.1. Prisons of the Past
2.1.2. Modern Prisons
2.2. Typologies
2.2.1. Organization
2.2.2. Archetypes
2.2.3. Levels of Prisons in India
2.3. Factors Of Study
2.3.1. Security
2.3.2 Location
2.3.3. Spatial Concept And Design
2.3.4. Appearance
2.3.5. Cells And Blocks
2.4. Setting A Comparative Spectrum
2.4.1. A Lower Limit - Oubliette
2.4.2. An Upper Limit - For a Humane and Reformative Space
3. PRISONS IN COLONIAL INDIA 49
3.1. Life In Colonial India
3.1.1. History
3.1.2. Demographic
3.1.3. Economy
3.1.5. Prisons
3.2. Colonial Prison - Central Jail, Viyyur
4. INDIA PRISONS TODAY 63
4.1. District Jail, Kakkand
4.2. Open Jail, Trivandrum
5. CONCLUSION 81
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY 92
7. LIST OF FIGURES 95
6. APPENDIX 97