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Punishment and the Prison highlights how each society''s ethos and politico-cultural features are expressed in the way it punishes wrongdoers. It draws on examples from various countries and examines the law as an instrument of criminal justice.'

Table of Contents:
Foreword - M N Venkatachaliah Introduction - Rani Dhavan Shankardass The Problems and Paradoxes of Punishment PART ONE: DESCRIPTION AND PRESCRIPTION Justice in Prison - V R Krishna Iyer Remedial Jurisprudence and Versatile Criminology Prisons in a Modern Society - Andrew Coyle Reality and Reform in Tihar Central Jail - Sarita Sarangi Prison Administration in India - Hira Singh Contemporary Issues Punishment in Unequal Justice - Alvin J Bronstein America′s Prison Industry The Proper Use of Imprisonment - Rod Morgan Prison as Seen by an English Judge - Henry Brooke Sentencing - Rajindar Sachar Choices and Dilemmas for a Judge The Problem of Undertrials - I - Pushpa Kapila Hingorani Hussainara Khatoon and Public Interest Litigation The Problem of Undertrials - II - Mukul Mudgal Kadriya Pahadiya and Juvenile Justice Police, Crime and Punishment - Vijay Karan and Ved Marwah Indian Predicaments Exploring Non-Custodial Punishments - Paddington Garwe and Andrew Msengezi Zimbabwe′s Community Service Scheme PART TWO: DISCOURSE AND ANALYSIS Kill Them for Their Bad Verses - Rajeev Dhavan On Criminal Law and Punishment in India Bringing Judas to the Last Supper? The Tasks of Republican Criminology in Service of Globalization - Upendra Baxi Political Prisoners and the Prison System - Ujjwal Kumar Singh Colonial Purposes and Praxiological Problems Women, Crime and Jail Justice - Rani Dhavan Shankardass Theoretical Formulations and Indian Realities Alternatives to Prisons - Vivien Stern Reflections and Experiences Conclusion: The Punishment of Crime or the Crime of Punishment - Rani Dhavan Shankardass Appendix Index

About the Author :
Rani Dhavan Shankardass is the Secretary General of Penal Reform and Justice Association (PRAJA), Gurgaon, India, and the President of Penal Reform International (PRI), London, UK. Born in Allahabad, Dr Shankardass was educated in Nainital, Lucknow and Allahabad. She received her M.A. degrees from Allahabad University, India, and University of Pennsylvania, USA, and M.Sc., M.Litt. and Ph.D. degrees from the Cambridge University and the University of London, both in UK. She has worked as a lecturer in Political Science at Kamla Nehru College, University of Delhi, India, and was a senior fellow at Centre for Contemporary Studies, Teen Murti House, New Delhi, India. She has been awarded the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) Fellowship for her article ‘Debt Bondage: The Survival of an Ancient Mechanism’ and the Nehru Fellowship for ‘Prison, Punishment and Criminal Justice’. Her published works include The First Congress Raj: Provincial Autonomy in Bombay (1982), Vallabhbhai Patel: Power and Organization in Indian Politics (1986) and Of Women Inside: Their Yesterdays Todays and Tomorrows 2011). She was also the editor and contributor to the book Punishment and the Prison: Indian and International Perspectives (2000) and the co-author of Barred from Life and Scarred for Life: The Experiences of Women in the Criminal Justice System in India (2004). She has been carrying out extensive research on penal reform in South Asia, as well as mental health and care of women in prisons and custodial justice.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780761993582
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 500
  • Sub Title: Indian and International Perspectives
  • Width: 139 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0761993584
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jan 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 690 gr


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