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Underground Gun Markets
Cook, Philip J.; Ludwig, Jens; Venkatesh, Sudhir A.; … - eSocialSciences - 2005
dealers, professional thieves, prostitutes, police, public school security guards and teens in the city of Chicago …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170190
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Dignity on Trial
Watch, Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2010
The report discusses the problems posed by one of the most archaic forensic procedures still in use: the finger test. [CEHAT].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642454
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The Sinister Ways of Chattisgarh Police
Srivastava, Kavita - eSocialSciences - 2008
Since Dr. Sen's trial is disproving the prosecution's case the police is openly trying to fabricate evidence both … inside and outside the court. The police even tried to legitimate Ajay TG's legitimate release against Dr. Sen, hence the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341772
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Can Institutions be Reformed from Within? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with the Rajasthan Police
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther - eSocialSciences - 2012
be reformed through incremental administrative change. The police department of the state of Rajasthan, India … collaborated with researchers at US and Indian universities to design and implement four interventions to improve police … performance and the public’s perception of the police in 162 police stations (covering over one-fifth of the State’s police …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651096
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Release Dr. Binayak Sen: Health Human Right and Development Activist--Prisoner of Conscience in Chhatisgarh, 2007-08
Circle, Medico Friend - eSocialSciences - 2008
Chhattisgarh police on 14th May 2007 at Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Asked by the Superintendent of Police to appear for recording a … statement, he was placed under arrest when he reached the police station. He is currently being held in Raipur Central Jail …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528359
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Police Firing on Adivasis in Gujarat: Report of Fact Finding Committee, PUCL Gujarat
Shah, Ghanshyam - eSocialSciences - 2008
enquire into the facts related to the police firing on the Adivasis demonstration on the February 13, 2008 at Antarsuba …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699044
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Narco Analysis, Torture and Democratic Rights
Jesani, Amar - eSocialSciences - 2008
Narco-analysis was started almost seven years back in India, and was also accompanied by the increased use of lie-detection testing used on criminals. It was not taken up by human-rights organisations until 2007 when radical activists were arrested and subjected to narco-analysis. There are four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699216
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Issues Related to the Lok Pal Bill
Sanyal, Kaushiki - eSocialSciences - 2011
In January 2011, the government formed a Group of Ministers, chaired by Shri Pranab Mukherjee to suggest measures to tackle corruption, including examination of the proposal of a Lok Pal Bill.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002285
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Police and the Rule of Law: Recent Developments in India
Agarwal, Anurag K - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper examines some of the recent pronouncements of the Supreme Court and other High Courts and tries to analyse them vis-à-vis the understanding of the rule of law in India. [IIMA W.P. No.2014-04-02].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133116
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"I did not ask for it". Sexual Harassment: Impressions from Mumbai
Gartenberg, Indira; Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2011
Sexual harassment is a global issue. In a recent case in Mumbai, two young men, Keenan Santos (24) and Reuben Fernandez (29) were stabbed on 20 Oct 2011 while confronting some unknown men eve-teasing their female friends. Santos and Fernandez had to lose their lives in refusing to accept this...
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