Crime Victims and Justice : An Introduction to Restorative Principles

P Madhava Soma Sundaram; K Jaishankar and S Ramdass

ISBN 10: 8183871631 / ISBN 13: 9788183871631

Published by Serials Pub, New Delhi, 2008

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Contents Preface. Foreword. Contributors. I. Restorative justice an introduction 1. Metamorphosis of criminal justice system towards victim oriented justice system the restorative approach/P. Madhava Soma Sundaram K. Jaishankar and S. Ramdoss. 2. Need and importance of restorative justice/R. Sreekumar. 3. Restorative justice and victims right to compensation/Bharat B. Das. 4. Restorative community justice a call to action/Marlene A. Young. 5. Restorative justice existing policies and procedures in various countries/Jayant Kumar. 6. Beyond restoration the role of non forgiveness for bereaved parents/Natti Ronel and Udi Lebel. II. Stride towards victim justice system 7. Victim offender mediation and criminal justice/S. Maheshwari and Bhavya Sriram. 8. Compensation for victims the need of the hour/A. Ramesh and Anirudh Krishnan. 9. Juvenile justice system in India a restorative justice approach/Sayantani Guin and Arvind Tiwari. 10. Restorative justice to the victims of rape the Indian legal scenario/N. Maheshwara Swamy. III. Victimization contemporary issues 11. Victims of violent crimes/L. Kailasam. 12. Victimization of labourers in Brick Kiln Industry/R. Karthika and K. Jaishankar. 13. Criminalizing street harassment reclaiming public space/Nanditha Gopal and Lavanya Paul. 14. Leadership and gender discrimination a victimization perspective/M. Ezhilarasan and S. Madhavan. 15. Democratic state and right to strike retributive justice in the era of restorative justice/S. Samuel Asir Raj. IV. Child victims a need based intervention analysis 16. Restoring justice to child victims of abuse drawing interlinkages between the macro and the micro/Alankaar. 17. Child maltreatment in schools selected results from a survey of rural schools/M. Indraselvi and P. Madhava Soma Sundaram. 18. Victimization of child labourers in cotton mills/A. Mahesh and K. Jaishankar. 19. Child victims of trafficking a transnational perspective/S.M. Mahendra Simha Karna and S. Ramdoss. 20. No law low enforcement trap a glimpse of victimization of girls through soft trafficking/S. Anantha Ambeth Selvi and P. Madhava Soma Sundaram. V. Perspectives on women victimization 21. Spatio temporal analysis of women victimization of women in Delhi an emerging zone of fear/Nandini Rai. 22. Battered women's syndrome civil remedies for the victims in United States/Stanley B. Yeldell. 23. Victims of domestic violence a study from human rights perspective/Rashmi Mishra and Sujata Biswal. 24. Alleged dowry death a medico legal evaluation/Kusa Kumar Shaha. 25. Sexual harassment in India a theoretical framework/Sohini Basu. VI. Victim assistance an attempt at convergence of existing services 26. Victim assistance centers at higher educational institutions a blue print for the future/Stanley B. Yeldell. 27. Grace therapy for recovering victims a restorative 12 step based therapy/Natti Ronel. 28. Tamil Nadu State victim assistance fund a study of the beneficiaries/D. Rufus and S. Ramdoss. 29. Transforming the sorrow to anger the victim to survivor a case study of organized victim support work in Sweden/Anna Ryding. 30. Farmers suicides and compensation an examination of victim assistance of Karnataka/M.G. Huddar. Index. This edited book is a comprehensive and analytical account of the victimological developments from an international perspective specifically focusing on restorative justice restorative justice is a philosophy which view harm and crime as a violation of people and relationships and a holistic process that addresses the repercussions and obligations created by harm with a view to putting things as right as possible. It is best practiced when guided by restorative values and principles and when those most affected are the focus. This book gives a comprehensive introduction to restorative justice and also to various associated issues of victimology. All the contributors have provided wide ranging views on the Cinderella of Criminology Victimology. It is one of the signif.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crime Victims and Justice : An Introduction to Restorative Principles
• Publisher: Serials Pub, New Delhi
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8183871631
• ISBN 13: 9788183871631
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: New
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included