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Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia -- Foreword -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Modernization, Globalization, and the Emerging Challenges to Criminal Justice in South Asia: Editor's Introduction -- Introduction -- External Forces on Crime and Justice in South Asia: Colonialism, Modernization, and Globalization -- Internal Forces on Crime and Justice in South Asia: Religion, Population, and Poverty -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Birth of Criminology in Colonial South Asia: 1765-1947 -- Introduction -- On the Historiography of South Asian Criminology -- South Asian Criminology: Elements of Assemblage -- Early Visions of Criminality in India: Special Types and Special Measures -- Distinguishing the Criminal: Identity and Classification -- Uncovering a Criminal Confederacy: The Discovery of Thuggee -- India's Criminal Tribes: Problem and Policy -- Squaring the Circle: Metropolitan Theory, Indian Experience -- Pre-Independence Visions of Crime and Causation -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Evolution of Criminology and Criminal Justice Education in India: Past, Present, and Future -- Introduction -- Historical Development of Criminology -- Structure and the Status of Education in India -- Birth of Criminal Justice Education in India -- Expansion of Academic Criminology: Current Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice -- The Professional Growth of Criminology and Criminal Justice: Scholarly Journals and Associations -- The Career Growth in Criminology and Criminal Justice in India -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Modernization and Advances in Crime Measurement and Crime Classification in India: A Critical Review -- Introduction -- Crime Measurement in the USA, Canada, and England and Wales -- Crime Measurement in the USA -- Crime Measurement in Canada

Crime Policy In America ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; Foreword ; Preface to the First Edition ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1: Crime Policy: Meaning, Nature, Actors, and Contexts ; Chapter 2: Federalization of Crime and Justice Policy: History, Trends, and Processes ; Chapter 3: The War on Drugs: Evolution of the Policy of Criminalization ; Chapter 4: Policy-Making in Juvenile Justice: Growth, Change, and Continuity ; Chapter 5: Sex Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments ; Chapter 6: Cyber Crimes: Laws and Policy Developments

Delves into history to find out if sociological knowledge can be applied successfully to policy making. Explains that society is based on the use of multiple knowledge structures and belief systems. Cites examples of centres which were set up in the USA to improve understanding and knowledge in a specific area, which could then contribute towards policy making and, ultimately, improved practice. Discusses the application of knowledge at various points in history, indicating that ruling elites are not motivated by knowledge (intellect) but by sentiment, and that this is still the case today. Refers to various literary works on sociological practice. Advocates that modern social research should be driven by policy issues and that sociologists should seize the opportunity, presented by decentralization, to become policy makers in their own communities.

The societies of the present world are experiencing many turbulent changes. New forces of change and modernization are driving people, business and cultures across borders. The world has become a home to a new generation of homo sapiens who are curious about others but, at the same time, cherish to preserve their own cultures. What is the nature of this evolving world society? Is the world driving toward a new global civilization-an "end of history"- or an inevitable civilizational clash? The present volume has brought together leading scholars in the field to examine the concept of globalization, deliberate on the character of its multifaceted nature and expressions, and delineate its impact on the emerging world economy, politics, culture, and science. A number of substantive issues such as the emergence of new global economic inequality, culture and the role of the trans-nationals, nature of the emerging global environmental regimes, rise of the NICs, and the conflicting role of the nation-states in the face of the advancing forces of globalization are addressed. It is contended that globalization should be perceived neither as an unbounded economic progress nor as an expansion of western domination. Globalization is, rather, defined as a new development strategy--a process of change that can be planned, guided, and controlled. For national political and business leaders of the world, the volume provides a blueprint of the emerging areas of policy concerns and guidance. For the world of social science, it presents a road-map of the emerging intellectual issues and challenges. Contributors are Alessandro Bonanno, Stephen W.K. Chiu, Douglas Constance, Richard J. Estes, R. Scott Frey, Archibald O. Haller, George A. Miller, Proshanta K. Nandi, Winifred R. Poster, J. Timmons Roberts, Shahid M. Shahidullah, Bam Dev Sharda, and Alvin Y. So