Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

Buch | Softcover

484 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-70122-3 (ISBN)

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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.

Shahid Shahidullah is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Hampton University, Virginia, USA. He received his MPIA, MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Previous publications include: Crime Policy in America (2008) and Comparative Criminal Justice (2014).

Erscheinungsdatum	19.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
Zusatzinfo	3 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 484 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	Civility • Crime • criminal justice • Criminology • cybercrime • Domestic violence • Juvenile justice • Rape • Social Science
ISBN-10	1-349-70122-X / 134970122X
ISBN-13	978-1-349-70122-3 / 9781349701223
Zustand	Neuware