Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia [electronic resource] : India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh /
Shahidullah, Shahid M.editor.
Written by some of the most notable criminologists of South Asia, this book examines advances in law, criminal justice, and criminology in South Asia with particular reference to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The edited collection explores, on the basis of surveys, interviews, court records, and legislative documents, a wide range of timely issues such as: the impacts of modernization and globalization on laws combating violence against women and children, evolution of rape laws and the issues of gender justice, laws for combating online child sexual abuse, transformation in juvenile justice, integration of women into policing, the dynamics of violence and civility, and the birth of colonial criminology in South Asia. Students of criminology and criminal justice, practitioners, policy-makers, and human rights advocates will find this distinctive volume highly valuable.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Modernization, Globalization, and the Emerging Challenges to Criminal Justice in -- Chapter 2. Birth of Criminology in Colonial South Asia: 1765-1947 -- Chapter 3. Evolution of Criminology and Criminal Justice Education in India -- Chapter 4. Modernization and Advances in Crime Measurement and Crime Classification in -- Chapter 5. Criminalization of Child Abuse and Violence against Children in South Asia -- Chapter 6. Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Online in Bangladesh -- Chapter 7. Globalization and Reforms in Juvenile Justice in South Asia -- Chapter 8. Revisiting Gender-Sensitive Human Security Issues and Human Trafficking in South Asia -- Chapter 9. Modernization and Policing in South Asia -- Chapter 10. Issues and Challenges of Police Investigating Practices in Bangladesh -- Chapter 11. Criminalization of Violence against Women and Laws against Domestic Violence -- Chapter 12. The Problem of Domestic Violence in India -- Chapter 13. Rape Law Reforms in India -- Chapter 14. Social Tolerance of Rape in India -- Chapter 15. Bangladesh and the Banality of Violence -- Chapter 16. The Birth of Modern Academic Criminology in Bangladesh.
Written by some of the most notable criminologists of South Asia, this book examines advances in law, criminal justice, and criminology in South Asia with particular reference to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The edited collection explores, on the basis of surveys, interviews, court records, and legislative documents, a wide range of timely issues such as: the impacts of modernization and globalization on laws combating violence against women and children, evolution of rape laws and the issues of gender justice, laws for combating online child sexual abuse, transformation in juvenile justice, integration of women into policing, the dynamics of violence and civility, and the birth of colonial criminology in South Asia. Students of criminology and criminal justice, practitioners, policy-makers, and human rights advocates will find this distinctive volume highly valuable.
Criminology.
Transnational crime.
Human rights.
International criminal law.
Critical criminology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Trafficking.
Human Rights and Crime .
International Criminal Law .
Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.