Routledge Handbook of South Asian Criminology

In: Routledge International Handbooks Ser.

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Towards a South Asian Criminology -- Part I Crime and Criminal Justice Processes -- 1 Afghanistan: State and Non-State-Oriented Criminal Justice Systems -- 2 Bangladesh: Issues and Introspections on Crime and Criminal Justice -- 3 Bhutan: Penal Laws, Crimes and Criminal Justice Processes -- 4 India: A Historical Perspective of the Criminal Justice System -- 5 Maldives: Towards the Reformation of the Criminal Justice System -- 6 Nepal: Institutions in the Criminal Justice System and the Need for Reforms -- 7 Pakistan: Criminal Justice Processes and Issues of Crime, Policing, Judiciary, and Prisons -- 8 Sri Lanka: Criminal Justice System and Rule of Law -- Part II Historical Perspectives of Crime and Justice -- 9 Criminal Justice Tenets in Manusmriti: A Critical Appraisal of the Ancient Indian Hindu Code -- 10 Witchcraft Accusation, Victimization and Demonology in Nepal -- 11 Crime and Justice in Ancient South India (Sangam Age): Gleanings from Tamil Literature -- 12 Goondas of Calcutta: Crimes and Policing in the Colonial India -- 13 Opium Production in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan: Historical Milieu and Counter-Measures -- 14 Homicide in Ancient, Medieval, British, and Contemporary India -- Part III Politics of Crime and Justice -- 15 Terror and Trafficking in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India: A Routine Activity Approach -- 16 War, Crime, Justice and Social Order in Afghanistan -- 17 Organised Crime, Gangs and the Complexity of Group Offending in Bangladesh -- 18 Crimes of War in Sri Lanka -- 19 Madaris and Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: Is There an Association? -- 20 Post-Conflict Crime and Violence in Nepal: Trends, Dynamics and Drivers -- 21 Religious Terrorism in Bangladesh: Patterns, Trends and Causes.