Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and 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.
