Department of Social Sciences – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of SriLanka

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- Crimes Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Sri Lankan society
  August 27, 2021AssociationNews / NewsCriminologists attempt to document patterns of crimes in order to understand their nature and the extent. Nevertheless, the public opinions claim that crimes are random acts. In fact, in recent past criminological inquiries have been shown that the crimes are not randomly emerged among people and groups. These Criminological researches on the patterns of crimes emphasized the relationship between criminal behavior along with time, space, and social structure. Hence, the Criminology has paid close attention to a variety of contextual and structural dimensions that underlie the basic patterns of crime. In feudal Sri Lankan society, murders were unpremeditated manifestations of violence in disputes over land, women, or honors due to a person. But, with the open economy policy of Sri Lanka, the Western context has been created outstanding changes in the culture, as well as people, have changed their traditional goals and means on behalf of class competition in Sri Lankan society. Consequently, by today Crime is a severe problem of the country. Hence, we decided to reserve our Guest Lecture Series, No 03 to discuss the crimes trends and patterns in contemporary Sri Lanka. Therefore, we invited Mr. Sajeewa Meddewattha who is Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), currently serves as Executive Director of Police Academy and former Director of Police Narcotic Range to discuss the crimes Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Sri Lanka. Thus, this intellectual discussion will be benefited for all university students, academics, and the general public to understand “How is the Crimes Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Sri Lankan society?” All are welcome to virtual discussion @ 6.30 pm on 3rd September 2021 via Zoon technology. Join Zoom Meeting: https://learn.zoom.us/j/69047283485?pwd=YXg4dGpyOUhFa2FkdDI5R2JkL3prdz09 Meeting ID: 690 4728 3485 Passcode: +byTA8!1 Dr. EMS. Ekanayake Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology Head of the Department Department of Social Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka....

Head of the Department

Prof. EMS Ekanayake

Professor in Sociology & Criminology

Ph.D(CCNU), MPhil(PDN), B.A. (Hons) in Sociology(PDN)

The Department of Social Sciences continues to function from the inception of the Faculty in 1995. The Department conducts academic activities in the fields of Sociology, Travel and Tourism Management and Computer Studies