Children and Crime in India: Causes, Narratives and Interventions

ISBN-13: 9783030165918 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 252 str.

Saju Parackal; Rita Panicker

Spis treści

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Glossary

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 The Context 

Chapter 2 Socio-economic Profile of Children in Conflict with Law

Chapter 3 Nature of Offences and Culpability

Chapter 4 Factors Predisposing Children to Offences 

Chapter 5 Juvenile Justice System, a Pathway for Restoration of Children in Conflict with Law 

Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions

References

Index

O autorze

Rita Panicker is the founder and director of Butterflies India, a non-governmental organization in New Delhi, working to protect and empower street and working children since 1989. In 1990 she was appointed Consultant by UNICEF New York and Nigeria to assist the UNICEF Nigeria office in formulating a national policy and Child Protection programme.   

Saju Parackal is a social scientist and currently a board member of Butterflies. He has coordinated a number of research studies on socially relevant issues under the auspices of international agencies, central/state ministries and agencies. He has been a visiting faculty to schools of Social Work on Research Methodology, Project Planning and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) used for Data Analysis. He has also published two books and several articles.