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Torture Behind Bars: Role of the Police Force in India / Joshua N. Aston.

By: Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: xxxvii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190120986
  • 0190120983
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Electronic version:: Torture behind bars.DDC classification:
  • 363.230954 AST 23
LOC classification:
  • KNS4810 .A88 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Table of Contents Foreword; Preface; List of tables and figures; List of Abbreviations; List of Cases; Introduction; 1. International Legal Framework in Prohibition of Torture and Custodial Violence; 2. Policing in India and Status of Human Rights; 3. Narco-analysis: Is It Legal or a Form of Torture?; 4. Police in India: Its Structure and Pattern; 5. Response of India towards Torture and Custodial Violence; 6. Crisis in the Indian Police System; 7. Reforms in Police Forces: The Need of the Hour; 8. Community Policing: A Reform and the Indian Scenario; Conclusion; Appendices; Index
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Table of Contents
Foreword;
Preface;
List of tables and figures;
List of Abbreviations;
List of Cases;
Introduction;
1. International Legal Framework in Prohibition of Torture and Custodial Violence;
2. Policing in India and Status of Human Rights;
3. Narco-analysis: Is It Legal or a Form of Torture?;
4. Police in India: Its Structure and Pattern;
5. Response of India towards Torture and Custodial Violence;
6. Crisis in the Indian Police System;
7. Reforms in Police Forces: The Need of the Hour;
8. Community Policing: A Reform and the Indian Scenario;
Conclusion;
Appendices;
Index