Sexual Offences Against Children in India

ISBN-13: 9781032384733 / Twarda / 2024 / 152 str.

Paromita Chattoraj

Opis

Sexual Offences Against Children in India examines the evolution of the law pertaining to sexual violence against children, the judicial decisions since the POCSO Act till date with respect to aspects of POCSO Act.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Sexual offences against Children and the POCSO Act 2012

Chapter 2: Criminal Justice Process from the Child Victim’s Lens

Chapter 3: Role of police in investigation of sexual offences against children

Chapter 4: Dynamics of trial process in Child Sexual Offence Cases

Chapter 5: Judicial Approach in Cases under the POCSO Act 2012

O autorze

Sonali Swetapadma is working as a faculty in School of Law, KIIT-DU. She has completed her Masters in Law with specialization in Criminal and Security Laws. Currently she is also pursuing her Ph.D in the topic 'A critical analysis of the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act 2012 (with special reference to Odisha)'. She has the experience of working as a Field Investigator for Odisha in an ICSSR-sponsored Research Programme “Response to the Offence of Rape by the Criminal Justice System - An Empirical Study in the States of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal.”   

Paromita Chattoraj is a Professor of Law at National Law University Odisha (NLUO). She graduated with LL. B (Hons) from the Department of law, University of Calcutta and completed her LL.M, having specialization in Criminal Law, with a Gold Medal in 2004. She completed her PhD. on the subject of Rape Laws in 2013. She worked at School of Law, KIIT-DU before joining NLUO. She was a criminal lawyer practicing at Calcutta High Court before coming to academics. She had been the recipient of ICSSR grant in 2013-14 for data Collection in California, USA for comparative research on Rape Investigation and Prosecution in India and USA. She has been involved with research projects, viz., International Self-Reported Delinquency Project (ISRD-3) from 2012-2015 and Major Research Program 2018-20 on Investigation and Trial of Rape cases in the States of WB, OD and JH funded by the ICSSR.