1st Edition

Economic and Social Aspects of Crime in India

By Bejoy Shanker Haikerwal Copyright 1934
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1934,  Economic and Social Aspects of Crime in India  analyses the rise of crime in India at a time when ancient rural civilisation was transitioning to modern urban and industrial conditions. It investigates the causes of crime and its relation to the social and economic environment, law, religion, and other agencies of social control. The book explores several key themes:... Read more

Preface  Foreword  1. Introductory  2. Social conditions and crime  3. Economic conditions and crime  4. Custom and crime  5. The panchayat and crime  6. The court and crime  7. The classification of criminals  8. The criminal tribes and castes of India  9. Criminal tribes settlements in India  10. The jail and the school  11. Beginnings of reformatory treatment in India 

Biography

Bejoy Shanker Haikerwal