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

"This is a very important book that takes a historical and comparative perspective and an in-depth examination of crime and justice in South Asia. The book analyzes the impacts and the imperatives of modernization and globalization as well as the local contexts of social and political histories, culture, and creeds. The book explores how external and internal forces are linked to produce peculiarities and general patterns in the region's crime and justice processes. It is a book that importantly contributes to the study and understanding of crime and justice in South Asia." (Jianhong Liu, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Macau, China; President, Scientific Commission of International Society for Criminology; Chairman, General Assembly of the Asian Society of Criminology) "Scholarship focusing on gender-based exploitation of women through violence and trafficking rarely transcends national borders. This edited volume skillfully surpasses that trend with its location of the South Asian context within a transnational framework. This book is indeed highly informative on extant legislative instruments and the history of criminal justice and criminology. An excellent compilation on South Asian criminology, this book is an exceptional resource for scholars in the areas of human trafficking, child labor abuse, violence against women, and comparative criminal justice." (C. Nana Derby, Ph.D., Professor of Criminal Justice; Managing Editor, Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, Virginia State University, USA) "As issues surrounding criminality and its roots continue to ascend, scholars are extending their studies to apply comparative perspectives given their importance to the current field of research in criminology and criminal justice. No one knows this better than author Shahid Shahidullah, who provides a detailed exploration of crime and justice issues in South Asia in his new book Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia. Drawing on his own expertise and the expertise of the book's contributors, Dr. Shahidullah provides thought-provoking and critical analyses of the connectivity between modernization, globalization and crime and criminal justice in South Asia. Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia is a powerful instructional tool for academicians and practitioners. I highly recommend Dr. Shahidullah's book as it compels us to think beyond our basic assumptions of crime and justice from an international framework." (Zina T. McGee, Ph.D., Endowed Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Hampton University, USA)

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.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.