The Police, State, and Society

The Police, State, and Society
Author: René Lévy
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2011
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN: 9788131731451

Revised version of papers presented at a conference held at New Delhi during 9-11 February 2004.

The Police, State and Society: Perspectives from India and France

The Police, State and Society: Perspectives from India and France
Author: Mehra and Levy
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2010
Genre:
ISBN: 9332500959

The Police, State and Society: Perspectives from India and France is a parallel study between criminal justice systems in India and France. It covers the institutional, democratic and functional aspects of the police and law in the two countries. It discusses the modern aspects of policing and human rights issues in the criminal justice system against a backdrop of violence and conflict. It is useful for students and scholars of sociology, law, criminal justice, political science policymakers and general readers.

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

Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia
Author: Shahid M. Shahidullah
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2017-03-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137507500

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.