The recorded history of VAW dates back to 753 BC when wife beating was a conventional practice and an accepted norm as the law of chastisement allowed and made men responsible for all the crimes com ... Read More
Lately, the Taliban aimed to spread terror, insecurity and created space for extremism in the absence of the local leadership in the tribal belt of Pakistan. The existing/traditional leadership—Khan ... Read More
This paper inspects the effects of the sentenced criminal women upon the socialization of their children, in Pakistani context. The objectives of the study are to find out the socio-psychological an ... Read More
This article attempts to inquire the instruments and approach adopted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to cultivate institutional legitimacy during the process known as judicial activism from 2006 t ... Read More
This paper addresses the precarious condition of law and order situation aggravated by the interplay of militants, and local criminals, in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan and its spi ... Read More
Police is the backbone of law enforcement agencies that is becoming a hub of immense stress and frustration due to the prevailing situation, in Pakistan. Thus, this research was carried out to unvei ... Read More
James P. Carse in Finite and Infinite Games defines finite a game that is played to win between two exclusive opponents within an established period of time and according to agreed-upon rules. There ... Read More
Multiple Afghan Wars have magnified law and order problems in border regions between Pakistan and Afghanistan especially Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Rampant proliferation of weapons ... Read More
Juvenile delinquency is a major problem in Pakistani society. Many factors contribute the phenomena. Economic position and media are important factors in the socialization of children. Generally, be ... Read More
Gender roles in contemporary Pakistan have witnessed transformation in the last few decades. This has increased women‟s participation in the work force and allowed them to work in institutions where ... Read More
This study titled “Factors influencing police image in public” explores university student‟s perception regarding police image in the light of their own experiences, knowledge and observations. The ... Read More
The present study intended to explore the relationship between parental acceptance-rejection and delinquent behaviour among the adolescents of slum areas. The study sample consisted of 200 adolescen ... Read More
Consumer fraud is very fascinating to study because mostly this curse is committed by the personnel of upper social class of any society mostly without the use of violence. The purpose of the presen ... Read More
Purpose of the present study was to look into various causes of lower class women‟s crime and the impact of imprisonment on women. Quantitative research method was applied to conduct the present stu ... Read More
Honor, shame and revenge play and important social role in collectivistic communities where either there is no formal government or they inhabit geography that is remote, mountainous and not easily ... Read More
Pakistan, including number of other countries that follow the British colonial criminal justice system, police misuses its discretionary powers of detention. It becomes serious violation of law when ... Read More
Dera Ismail Khan (D.I.Khan) has been a peaceful district for long time until the War on Terror began in 2001. Peaceful co-existence of diverse ethnic and religious communities was first harmed by bo ... Read More
Pakistan as party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is bound to establish a formal child protection system. However, according to the traditional societal values, child and ... Read More
The maturity of outlaw biker groups varies among gangs as well as among countries where a gang is present. In this article, a four stage model for maturity is introduced to help define the threat re ... Read More
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police have a unique credit of publishing a yearly book on the performance and services of KP police. The fresh edition of ‘Policing with Passion’, 2015-16 published by the Ce ... Read More
The prisoners’ rehabilitation means to enable the prisoners to join back the society as normal, law-abiding and useful members. This study focuses on the process of prisoners’ rehabilitation and its ... Read More
The present study aims to investigate the influence of profession of the respondents on their perception regarding association of educational factors with child trafficking. The study is carried out i ... Read More
This cross-national exploratory study was carried out to assess the nature of traumatic experiences, psychological reactions and challenges related to coping among police officers from Pakistan and th ... Read More
The ongoing war against terrorism in various parts of Pakistan has been studied from different dimensions. Most of the studies investigate it from security or political perspective; however some stu ... Read More
It is now widely known that anti-terrorism laws, and especially the provision for indefinite preventive detention, have become part of western liberal criminal justice system. These laws create an a ... Read More
There is growing evidence of the impact of childhood and adolescent trauma on young people across the life course. This article focuses on trauma in the backgrounds of violent juvenile offender group ... Read More
This article presents an evaluation of fraud examination carried out by an inspector general from the United States in Bangladesh. The evaluation identifies a number of shortcomings in the investiga ... Read More
This paper is aimed to study the crime with special reference to its spatial and temporal distribution. It also tries to analyze and study the effect of weather on the prevalence of crimes in Mardan ... Read More
This study is focused on the reinforcing factors of radicalization in Pakhtun society particularly in the wake of the current counter-terrorism strategies. It has been generally believed that poverty, ... Read More
Like other sectors of society, whereby women‘s discrimination is blatant, armed and security forces like police has also historically side-lined women folk on stereotypical grounds. This paper attemp ... Read More
The study entitled “Responding to Terrorism: A study of motivational aspects of police basic training in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan” exploring the police opinion regarding motivational aspects in po ... Read More
This research concerns a critical analysis of the Lawyers‟ Movement (2007-2009) in Pakistan through the lens of a social movement theory (SMT). The Lawyers’ Movement represents the joint struggle by ... Read More
The study was conducted with an aim to know the societal adjustment of probationers in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. For this purpose a convenience sample of 154 respondents who were ever released on probatio ... Read More
The past two decades have witnessed a growing interest among researchers in exploring the linkages between the media and the attitudes and behaviours of young people in Pakistan. In the context of inc ... Read More
Juvenile offenders need special attention during their imprisonment in jails and borstal institutions. This case study discusses the availability and suitability of correctional services for 29 juveni ... Read More
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