In Pakistan’s society’s relationship to public policy is essentially emotional; the domain of criminal justice policy is no exception. There is hardly any discussion on sex crimes, especially rape a ... Read More

Police station is the basic organizational and functional unit of police working. From a citizen’s perspective, it is the gateway to criminal justice system. Legally, it is defined in the Code of Cr ... Read More

The question of how people with shared ideological, identities and different personality traits perceive terrorism in a culture where terrorist activities have a strong relationship with religion; add ... Read More

Madrassas have established strong socio-economic linkage with the society of Pakistan, as these institutions perform many social functions such as, providing free religious education to millions of st ... Read More

This study aims to examine the views of the delinquent juveniles about the socioeconomic factors causing juvenile delinquency. The study participants for this research were recruited through purposive ... Read More

Revenge is a powerful human emotion shaped by socio-cultural practices. It is done more for face-saving, i.e., “how others will think about me”. Keeping in view the prevailing practices of revenge, th ... Read More

The study explores the process of social construction of crimes, i.e. the process in which the people of a specific group/community perceive a criminal act as a heroic phenomenon. It analyzes the pe ... Read More

The study is conducted to explore the relation of crime re-enactment shows and crime. To collect data ten police investigation Officers were interviewed in order to measure their investigation exper ... Read More

Examinations within the context of large metropolitan cities and agencies comprise much of the literature on policing strategies. However, equally important is an exploration of factors affecting the ... Read More

Two distinctive developments have recently brought greater attention to the persistent problem of gender-based and domestic violence. The first development was the Domestic Violence (Prevention and ... Read More

Women role has changed considerably during the last few decades and Pakistani women are joining those professions where they could not enter in the past. Despite this trend, women face difficulties ... Read More

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is merged within the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) constitutionally by the 25thamendment in the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan by the Parliament on ... Read More

Drug addiction is a social evil which has been studied by different scholars of the world from different perspectives. Most of the research conducted to understand this phenomenon is from the perspect ... Read More

The present study explored the possible consequences of delayed justice system in the disposition of civil and criminal cases. In Pakistan, the disposition of justice in civil cases is one of the burn ... Read More

Psychiatric problems have been associated with criminal behaviour in various studies. This study examined to find out the connection of personality disorders with the type of crimes in offenders. It a ... Read More

This paper addresses the impact of terrorism on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the wake of „war on terror‟. Being a front line country in the „war on terror, Pakistan witnessed a number of terrorist ... Read More

The present study explores the relationship between unemployment and theft through a comprehensive survey of 30 prisons of Punjab, the most populated province of Pakistan. A sample of 481 respondents ... Read More

This editorial touches on two separate subjects: the first part consists of reflections on the part of the editorial team, led by the Associate editor, on the impact that the current crisis precipit ... Read More

The fire of terrorism, ignited by 9/11, cast chronic effects on overall Pakhtun society, including the religious minorities who remained most hard-hit, as terrorist groups full of cut-throats fanatics ... Read More

English as the official language dominates the domain of legal services and its functions in Pakistan. Keeping prevalent lack of English language proficiency in mind, access to justice becomes a major ... Read More

Corruption has been recognized as a globally organised crime with overwhelming damage to economies of less developed countries. Pakistan dealing with brunt of corruption failed to curb corruption ow ... Read More

In this digital age the impact of media can be observed in all walks of life. All media users are being influenced by one or another type of media, however the amount of effect and time may vary. One ... Read More

Every year, approximately one million children become victims of abuse by peers, teachers, parents and Ustad (master or the head mechanic). The Ustad sodomize these children at workshops, where they c ... Read More

Juvenile justice is a matter of welfare and punishment between line departments in Pakistan. The juvenile courts operate under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000. This paper discusses the iss ... Read More

This paper delineates the inhuman practices and the incongruous conditions of prisons in Pakistan. Furthermore, it critically analyzes the present-day prisons, its environment and the treatment of pri ... Read More

The focus of this study is to measure the performance of Child Protection Welfare Bureau (CPWB), Punjab Pakistan and to analyze the impact of certain factors that account for its performance. CPWB is ... Read More

We understand crime(s) as a learned behavior which can be approached through symbolic interactionism. Drawing on the same understanding, this study explores social alternatives of crime prevention. ... Read More

George Flyod’s incident led to immense outpouring of shock, grief, and sympathy for the victim across the world. In the US it resulted in uprisings of multiracial masses that ended up in riots, vand ... Read More


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