Crime, Criminal Justice, and the Evolving Science of Criminology in South Asia; Foreword; Acknowledgment; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Modernization, Globalization, and the Emerging Challenges to Criminal Justice in South Asia: Editor's Introduction; Introduction; External Forces on Crime and Justice in South Asia: Colonialism, Modernization, and Globalization; Internal Forces on Crime and Justice in South Asia: Religion, Population, and Poverty; Conclusion; References; 2 The Birth of Criminology in Colonial South Asia: 1765-1947; Introduction

On the Historiography of South Asian CriminologySouth Asian Criminology: Elements of Assemblage; Early Visions of Criminality in India: Special Types and Special Measures; Distinguishing the Criminal: Identity and Classification; Uncovering a Criminal Confederacy: The Discovery of Thuggee; India's Criminal Tribes: Problem and Policy; Squaring the Circle: Metropolitan Theory, Indian Experience; Pre-Independence Visions of Crime and Causation; Conclusion; References; 3 Evolution of Criminology and Criminal Justice Education in India: Past, Present, and Future; Introduction

Historical Development of CriminologyStructure and the Status of Education in India; Birth of Criminal Justice Education in India; Expansion of Academic Criminology: Current Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice; The Professional Growth of Criminology and Criminal Justice: Scholarly Journals and Associations; The Career Growth in Criminology and Criminal Justice in India; Conclusion; References; 4 Modernization and Advances in Crime Measurement and Crime Classification in India: A Critical Review; Introduction; Crime Measurement in the USA, Canada, and England and Wales

Crime Measurement in the USACrime Measurement in Canada; Crime Measurement in England and Wales; Modernization of Crime Measurement in India; Police-Recorded Crime Statistics; Current Methods of Crime Data Collection; Limitations of the NCRB Data; Reporting and Recording Issues; Victimization Surveys and the Dark Figure of Crime in India; Conclusion; References; 5 Criminalization of Child Abuse and Violence against Children in South Asia: Law and Legal Advances in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; Introduction; The Global Profile Violence against Children

Child Abuse and Violence against Children in South Asia: The Regional ProfileChild Abuse and Violence against Children in India; Child Abuse and Violence against Children in Pakistan; Child Abuse and Violence against Children in Bangladesh; Child Abuse and Violence against Children: Law, and Policy Developments in South Asia; Child Abuse and Violence against Children: Law and Policy Developments in India; Child Abuse and Violence against Children: Law and Policy Developments in Pakistan; Child Abuse and Violence against Children: Law and Policy Developments in Bangladesh; Conclusion