| Child Sexual Abuse and Protection Laws in India Contributor(s): Halder, Debarati (Author) |
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ISBN: 9352806840 ISBN-13: 9789352806843 Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Law | Criminal Law - General |
| Dewey: 345.540 |
| LCCN: 2018013184 |
| Series: Sage Law |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Child Sexual Abuse and Protection Laws in India presents in-depth research on the sexual abuse of children in India, the related protection laws and the gaps in current preventive measures. The book includes chapters on the nature of sexual offences theories that explain why they occur, and the laws for regulating the same. It discusses the role of the judiciary and the criminal justice machinery in preventing abuse and cyber sexual crimes targeting children. This book studies the existing legal procedural provisions, regulations with case laws, several new mechanisms to deal with juvenile delinquency, rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, various jurisprudential understandings and judicial analysis of the issue. The book advocates the use of innovative approaches, such as the therapeutic jurisprudential approach, in the sentencing and rehabilitation of juvenile victims and offenders to ensure their physical and psychological well-being. |
Contributor Bio(s): Halder, Debarati: - Debarati Halder is Professor and Head at the Centre for Research on Law and Policy in United World School of Law, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. She is honorary managing director of the Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC), India. She is the founder secretary of South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology. She received her LLB from the University of Calcutta and her Master's Degree in International and Constitutional Law from the University of Madras and PhD degree from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. Dr Halder has published three books, two authored books and an edited book, and many articles in international peer-reviewed journals including the British Journal of Criminology, Journal of Law and Religion, Annals in Criminology, Victims and Offenders and Temida. She served as resource person for many government and non-government organizations. She has been on the Panel Advocate to Child Welfare Committee, Juvenile Justice Board and Juvenile Home at Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. She has been invited as an expert resource person and consultant for UNICEF's project on state of children: Digital World of Children and Cyber Security Handbook. Dr Halder has served as vicepresident for kids and teens division and internet safety advocate for Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHOA) from 2008 to 2015. |