Almost everywhere in the world you find a society of criminology at a national level but not in
Pakistan, a country of 170 million people. A few police officers, academics and researchers
have now joined hands to establish Pakistan Society of Criminology (PSC) with a vision of
promoting criminology, the scientific study of crimes and criminal processes and responses to
crimes, and with a commitment to produce indigenous criminological literature which is
culturally-acceptable and which is used by all practitioners, decision-makers, academics and
researchers. Without good research, it is near to impossible to have good policy options, and
the choices for peace and tranquility need proper understanding, realization and research into
the problems, crimes and deviant behaviour of our society and our region.
Goals
The aims and objectives of the Society are to create a multi-disciplinary forum to
serve the nation through earnest efforts of dissemination of criminological
knowledge and field experiences and on the basis of such scholarly and scientific
discourses and exchange of knowledge, suggest to the relevant Government
organization and legislators the corrective and preventive measures to curb crime
and delinquency. The knowledge workers of the Society will honestly assess the
criminal tendency in different socio-economic groups of the community and
determine value-free, nonpartisan and workable intervention tools, methods and
techniques. The Society has a high expectation of support from all law enforcement
people and academics, thus bringing practitioners and researchers to a consensus
and mutual understanding on certain vital issues. The gap between theory and
practice has to be addressed in particular.
