A comparative study of the crime pattern of Male and Female Jail Inmates of Jails of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

The present study by the authors is based on the data collected from five leading jails of Uttar Pradesh.  The study aims to evaluate how recidivism can be changed and inmates made responsible citizens.  The study is conducted on five leading jails of Uttar Pradesh.  The study covers Bulandshahar, Aligarh, Moradabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad district jails.   The study was conducted by collecting the observations with the help of a structured questionnaire administered to 600 jail inmates selected from these five jails of Uttar Pradesh covering both male and female prisoners. 

Traditionally, all over the world prisons used to be considered as a horrifying place where prisoners are met with various kinds of serious punishments so that they may not repeat their criminal behaviour or at least remain in isolation from the society so that society is not ill-effected by their deeds.  However, in modern times, there has been a positive change in thinking towards prison system and administration and the approach seems to be more humane and human centricIn the same background, the paper attempts to compare the crime pattern of male and female prisoners.