Interpersonal Criminology
Routledge (Verlag)
9781498748599 (ISBN)
Perfect for criminal justice practitioners and advanced human rights, criminology, and victimology students, Interpersonal Criminology explores the complexities of crime and interpersonal events in both established and emerging fields of criminology, including those concerning women and minorities.
K. Jaishankar is Professor of Criminology and Head of the Department of Criminology at the Raksha Shakti University (Police and Internal Security University), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Prior to this present position, he served as a faculty member at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He has published more than 101 publications, including articles, books, book chapters, and editorials. He is the recipient of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) SCOPUS Young Scientist Award 2012 – Social Sciences and ISC – S.S. Srivastava Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research in Criminology. He was a Commonwealth Fellow (2009-2010) at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK, and has completed a research project on victims of cyber crimes. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Cyber Criminology and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences He is the founding President of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and founding Executive Director (Honorary) of the Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC). He was a member of the UNODC (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime) Core Group of Experts on Identity-related Crime (2007-08). He is a member of the Membership and Advancement Committee, World Society of Victimology (WSV); International Advisory Board for the Center for the Research and Development of Positive Criminology, Department of Criminology, Bar Illan University, Israel; Advisory Board for the Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA; the International Cybercrime Research Centre, Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, Canada; and the Scientific Commission of the International Society of Criminology (ISC); as well as Fellow of the African Center for Cyberlaw and Cybercrime Prevention. He was a discussant in the “Opening Discussion: Focusing on Victims of Crime – Comparing Crime Patterns and Improving Practice, Researchers’ Advice to Policy” of the 2012 Stockholm Criminology Symposium, and responded to questions of Beatrice Ask, Swedish Minister for Justice, and Paula Teixeria da Cruz, the Portuguese Minister for Justice. He was a Keynote Speaker at the 15th World Society of Victimology Symposium held July 2015, at Perth, Australia, and at the 14th World Society of Victimology Symposium held in May 2012, at The Hague, The Netherlands. He was recently appointed as an International Ambassador of the British Society of Criminology (BSC).
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Editor xxiii
Contributors xxv
Section I
INTERPERSONAL CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
Gender-Based Street Harassment: An International Perspective 3
JANICE JOSEPH
Marital Rape: A Socially and Legally Warranted Crime in
India 17
AKANSHA SINGH
Homelessness: A Consequence of Abuse of Women in
Brisbane, Australia 29
HELENA MENIH AND CATRIN SMITH
Market Women and Their Crime Reporting Practices in
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria 41
JOHNSON OLUWOLE AYODELE
Discrimination and Victimization of Women at the
Workplace in Serbia: Prevalence and Characteristics 55
VESNA NIKOLIĆ-RISTANOVIĆ, SANJA ĆOPIĆ, AND BEJAN ŠAĆIRI
Fear of Crime among Women in Tiruchirappalli, India: A
Spatial Examination of Transit Spaces 73
C. HANNAH, G. SUBBAIYAN, AND T. SRINIVAS
vii
viii Contents
Section II
INTERPERSONAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Restorative Practices for Juveniles in Hawai’i, United States 87
LORENN WALKER
Prevention of Interpersonal Crimes and Violence among Children and Youth through Virtue Education: A Roadmap 97
JOHN CHRISTOPHER AND JOHAN DE TAVERNIER
Underage Commercial Sex and Criminal Prosecutions in Singapore: Who Are the Real Victims? 111
S. CHANDRA MOHAN
Section III
CULTURE CONFLICT AND VICTIMIZATION OF GROUPS
Policing Domestic Violence in South Africa 125
DORAVAL GOVENDER
Domestic Violence Legislation and Its Application in Serbia: The Impact of Gender of the Offender and Other Factors 141
VESNA NIKOLIĆ-RISTANOVIĆ AND LJILJANA STEVKOVIĆ
Labeling of Denotified Tribes: Revisiting the Ramoshis in Maharashtra, India 163
DATTATREYA BHANDALKAR
Sex Trafficking in Gujarat, India: Case Studies of Women Victims Turned Offenders 177
PAVITHRAN NAMBIAR AND SUHAS P. NAMBIAR
How Can Victimology Become Positive? 191
NATTI RONEL
Contents ix
Section IV
INTERPERSONAL CYBER CRIMES
15. Generation Y and Online Victimization in Nigeria: How Vulnerable Are Younger Internet Users? 203
PHILIP NDUBUEZE
16. Sexting among Teens: Are They Victims or Offenders? 215
DEBARATI HALDER AND K. JAISHANKAR
17. Cyber and Mobile Phone Bullying Victimization among Youth in Singapore: An Exploration of Correlates 233
THOMAS J. HOLT, GRACE CHEE, AND ESTHER NG
18. Assessment of Cyber Criminology: Obstacles, Challenges, and Promising Paths of the New Science of Cyber Crime 247
BRIE DIAMOND AND MICHAEL BACHMANN
Epilogue 257
NATTI RONEL
Index 259
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.05.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 11 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 736 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie |
| ISBN-13 | 9781498748599 / 9781498748599 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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