Crime and justice in India / N. Prabha Unnithan.

Criminology and criminal justice is in its infancy in India. This book attempts to examine India's crime problem in detail and document if and how its criminal justice system has responded to emerging challenges and opportunities. The objective is to move beyond mere observations and thoughtful...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Unnithan, N. Prabha, 1952- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013.
Ã2013
Series:SAGE law.
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Table of Contents:
  • Governance and coercion in India / Arvind Verma
  • Public order in India: an empirical study / T. K. Vinod Kumar
  • The depiction of corruption in English-language Indian fiction / Gilbert Geis
  • Crime, criminals, treatment, and punishment: an exploratory study of views among college students in India and the US / Sudershan Pasupuleti, Eric G. Lambert, Shanhe Jiang, Jagadish V. Bhimarasetty, and K. Jaishankar
  • Criminological and criminal justice education in India / N. Prabha Unnithan
  • Secularism and preventing terrorism in India / Raghu Naath Singh and Dharam Pal Singh
  • Citizens' perceptions of police integrity in India: an empirical exploration / Mahesh K. Nalla and Manish Madan
  • All-women police stations in Tamil Nadu and their focus on crimes against women / Sesha Kethineni and Murugesan Srinivasan
  • Impact of higher education upon perceptions of police officers in India / Julia Scott, Douglas Evans, and Arvind Verma
  • Police shootings: perceived culture of approval / Jyoti Belur
  • Nature of work, safety, and trust in private security in India: a study of citizen perceptions of security guards / Mahesh K. Nalla, Kiran Ommi, and V. Sreemannarayana Murthy
  • Crimes against women in India / Sheetal Ranjan
  • Examining legal responses to sexual violence: a review of court systems in India / Meghna Bhat and Aimee Wodda
  • Toward a compliance model: the Indian Supreme Court and the attempted revolution in child rights / Sesha Kethineni and Jeremy Braithwaite
  • Plea bargaining: a new law adopted by the Indian criminal justice system / Mathai Vairamon Mathew
  • An assessment of the mental health of street-based sex workers in Chennai, India / Geetha Suresh, L. Allen Furr, and Aylur Kailasom Srikrishnan
  • The death penalty in India / David T. Johnson
  • The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: protection, rehabilitation, and reform / Divya Sharma
  • Prisons, corrections, and recidivism in Indian culture and society / S. George Vincentnathan and Lynn Vincentnathan.