Criminalization

Politics and Policies
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70784-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 293, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

Criminalization: Politics and Policies provides a thorough analysis of the relationship between politics, policies, and criminalization. Through diverse perspectives and scholarly essays, it explores the multifaceted issues in criminal justice, law, and governance. The book scrutinizes the impact of law, society, politics, and penal populism on criminalization across legal systems, advocating for a reassessment of criminal law's scope. It delves into the prevalence of resorting to criminalization for social issues, urging for a critical review. Additionally, it examines the normative foundations of criminalization, addressing 'over'-criminalization and exploring its empirical and normative aspects. The anthology also considers the roles of prosecutorial and judicial discretion, as well as State preventive powers, in over-criminalization. Whether a scholar, policymaker, or citizen, readers gain insights into the expansion of criminal laws and their consequences, making it a valuable resource for understanding the dynamics of law, politics, and power in criminal justice.

Contributors are Naveed Mehmood, Chirag Balyan, Shruti Bedi, Shubhangni Jain, Charles Khamala, Sébastien Lafrance, Sidharth Luthra, David McCallum, Garima Pal, Daria Ponomareva, Alok Prasanna, Yogesh Pratap Singh, and Ekkehard Strauss.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Balyan, Chirag

Pal, Garima

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Über Autor(innen)

Chirag Balyan is an Assistant Professor of Law at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. He was instrumental in setting up the Centre for Research in Criminal Justice at MNLU Mumbai. He has published in leading journals and co-edited a book titled: Revisiting Reforms in the Criminal Justice System in India (Thomson Reuters, 2020).

Garima Pal is an Assistant Professor at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. She is Managing Editor of the Journal Victimology and Victim Justice published by Sage. She is also an Executive Director of Care Village Foundation, Delhi (Non-Profit Organization). She has published numerous papers and book chapters in leading journals. She has co-authored book Hate Crime in India (Springer, 2023).