Criminal Background in Sri Lanka (1948

Criminal Background in Sri Lanka (1948 – 1970)

Above figures are collected from a research paper written by Senior Lecturer of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, E.M. Samantha Ekanayake, named “Structural Transformation of Society and Development of Criminality: A Case Study from of Sri Lanka”. It displays that in 1953 crimes in the island has decreased up to 18,000, but during the time of 1960 to 1975, crime rate has rapidly increased by (300%).

It could be identified that emergency law had been enforced during 1948 to 1970 for five times.

August, 1953 – political violence – 21 individuals were killed
May 22, 1958 – political violence – 04 – Vavuniya
March 13, 1959
September 26, 1959
April 14, 1961 – Ethnic–Tamils civil disobedience campaign – arrested 30 military observers – northern and eastern provinces

Killings, displacements and arresting over political violence were at its rise. That might be the reason for the increment of homicide as graphed in the second figure during that period.

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