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The volume is on the status and scope of criminology in India. The papers by experts deal with crimes against women, terrorism, cyber crime and forensics, delinquency prevention, ageing and abuse of the elderly, child abuse, drug dependence and judicial activism in an effort to examine aspects relating to the perpetration of crimes and their prevention in a comprehensive manner. They emphasise the importance of restorative justice and social work, rethinking some ...
This book covers the glimpses of current issues related to Crime and Criminal Justice Administration in Asian countries. There are chapters spanning from traditional crimes to modern cyber crimes presented by experts. Contemporary issues like Restorative Justice, Victim Compensation and Abuse of Power by law Enforcement agencies are also dealt with. This book will be a valuable reference for teachers and students in Criminology and Criminal Justice Professionals.
Across the world there is a revamping of institutions of Government in the light of the well–recognized human rights standards. Criminal justice as a vital institution is also reoriented in the same spirit. However, there are problems of human rights violations by criminal justice agencies particularly the police and prison. The judiciary with its renewed activism and National Human Rights Commission with its apt interventions play a significant role in ...
This book studies a close relationship between the problem of street children and the problem of child abandonment destitution and neglect. Apart from the basic causes of poverty and deprivation, the rapid industrial growth and rural to urban drift of the poor in search of livelihood appears to be a major factor in the emergence of the problem of street children. Children find themselves often in a situation of stark deprivation in close neighbourhood of ...