Demystifying
Criminal
Justice
Social Work
in India
Demystifying
Criminal
Justice
Social Work
in India
Edited by
Mark David Chong
Abraham P. Francis
Copyright Mark David Chong and Abraham P. Francis, 2017
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Contents
by R. R. Singh
Vijay Raghavan and Sashwati Mishra
K. Jaishankar and Amit Gopal Thakre
Mark David Chong, Jamie Fellows, Sonny Jose, Abraham P. Francis and Kelly-Ann Williams
Ruchi Sinha
Ilango Ponnuswami, Sonny Jose and Praveen Varghese Thomas
Roshni Nair and Vijay Raghavan
K. P. Asha Mukundan
Pravin S. Khandpasole, Jyoti P. Khandpasole, Mark David Chong and Katherine Hoffensetz
Sanjai Bhatt, Atul Pratap Singh and Digvijoy Phukan
Venkat Pulla, Mark David Chong, Abraham P. Francis and Margaret Henni
Debarati Halder and K. Jaishankar
Tables
Figures
BPR | business process re-engineering |
BPR&D | Bureau of Police Research and Development |
CCA | criminology and correctional administration |
CCL | child in conflict with law |
CHRI | Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative |
CJIs | criminal justice institutions |
CJS | criminal justice system |
CJSW | criminal justice social work |
CNCP | Child in Need of Care and Protection |
CPO | Central Police Organisations |
CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
CRF | Central Paramilitary Forces |
CrPC | Criminal Procedure Code |
CSWCJS | Certificate Social Work and Criminal Justice System |
CWC | Child Welfare Committee |
DCB | Digital Communication Technology |
DGP | Director General of Police |
DPSP | Directive Principles of State Policy |
Dy IGP | Deputy Inspector General of Police |
EIS | East India Company |
EPCG | European Probation Curriculum Group |
FAPs | field action projects |
FIR | First Information Report |
ICDS | Integrated Child Development Scheme |
ICT | Internet Communication Technology |
IGNOU | Indira Gandhi National Open University |
IPC | Indian Penal Code |
IPS | Indian Police Service |
ITPA | Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act |
JCL | Juveniles in Conflict with Law |
JDS | Justice Delivery System |
JJ Act | Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act |
JJB | Juvenile Justice Board |
JJS | juvenile justice system |
LGBT | lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender |
MSU | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |
MSW | Master of Social Work |
NCRB | National Crime Records Bureau |
NCW | National Commission for Women |
NGO | non-governmental organisation |
NICFS | National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science |
NHRC | National Human Rights Commission |
NPC | National Police Commission |
NISD | National Institute of Social Defence |
OCD | obsessivecompulsive disorder |
PADC | Police Act Drafting Committee |
PIL | Public Interest Litigation |
PM | Principal Magistrate |
PO |