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Discretion, Discrimination and the Rule of Law: Reforming Rape Sentencing in India
Mrinal Satish
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hardcover. This book addresses and analyses the rape sentencing regime in India. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JKVP; LNFJ; LNFX1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 584.
This book addresses and analyses the rape sentencing regime in India, and demonstrates that despite law reform, the myths and stereotypes about rapists and rape victims that used to be embedded in the positive law of rape and/or in evidence law have, in many cases, merely shifted from the charging and trial stages to the sentencing stage. The book further argues that rape myths and stereotypes influence sentencing, leading to unwarranted disparity. It undertakes a theoretical examination of the purposes of punishment, the fundamentally overlapping nature of the stages of the criminal process, and the meaning of 'disparity'. The book ... Read more
This book addresses and analyses the rape sentencing regime in India, and demonstrates that despite law reform, the myths and stereotypes about rapists and rape victims that used to be embedded in the positive law of rape and/or in evidence law have, in many cases, merely shifted from the charging and trial stages to the sentencing stage. The book further argues that rape myths and stereotypes influence sentencing, leading to unwarranted disparity. It undertakes a theoretical examination of the purposes of punishment, the fundamentally overlapping nature of the stages of the criminal process, and the meaning of 'disparity'. The book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
584g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107135628
SKU
V9781107135628
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Ref
99-18
About Mrinal Satish
Mrinal Satish is Associate Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Law, Policy and Governance at the National Law University, Delhi. His research interests are sentencing, gender and the law, medical jurisprudence, empirical analysis of law, excessive undertrial and pre-trial detention, and studying the impact of the criminal justice system in its interface with vulnerable and ... Read more
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