A study of crime patterns in Mumbai and Montreal aetiology and response to crime

Abstract

newline l1le social and economic imbalances and other related deprivations as well newlineas inadequacies in the development process give rise to a social pathology which is newlinea global concem Such changes in the wake of industrialisation and urbanisation newlineoften lead to non conformity or deviance as individuals try to grapple with such newlinedisruptions in life This provokes the researcher to explore factors that are newlineassociated with system generating deviance, their inter relationships and enhances newlinethe quest for a comprehensive paradigm that could provide solutions to such social newlineconcern newlineThe methodological approach provides an elaborate sketch of the research newlinedesign for exploring the similarities and the differences between the two major newlinecities viz Mwnbai in India and Montreal in Canada in order to meet the following newlineobjectives newlineObjectives of the study newline1 To study the nature and extent of crime in Montreal and MUl11bai newline11 To compare crime pattems in city of Montreal and Mumbai newline111 To Illlderstand factors that generate crime in the two major cities newlineII To review the patterns of crime prevcntion efforts and newlinev To suggest measures for crime prevcnt ion efil111s