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This edited volume presents the work of academics from the Global
South and explores, from local and regional settings, how the legal
order and people's perceptions of it translates into an
understanding of what constitutes "criminal" behaviors or
activities. This book aims to address the gap between criminal law
in theory and practice in the Global South by assembling 11
chapters from established and emerging scholars from various
underrepresented regions of the world. Drawing on research from
Singapore, the Philippines, Peru, Indonesia, India, the Dominican
Republic, Burma, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Argentina, this book
explores a range of issues that straddle the line between social
deviance and legal crimes in such societies, including extramarital
affairs, gender-based violence, gambling, LGBT issues, and
corruption. Issues of inclusivity versus exclusivity, modernity
versus tradition, globalization of capital versus cultural
revivalism are explored. The contributions critically analyze the
role politics and institutions play in shaping these issues. There
is an urgent need for empirical studies and new theoretical
approaches that can capture the complexity of crime phenomena that
occur in the Global South. This book will provide essential
material to facilitate the development of new approaches more
suitable to understanding the social phenomena related to crime in
these societies. This book will make an important contribution in
the development of Southern criminology. It will be of interest to
students and researchers of criminology and sociology engaged in
studies of sentencing and punishment, theories of crime, law and
practice, and postcolonialism.
This edited volume presents the work of academics from the Global
South and explores, from local and regional settings, how the legal
order and people's perceptions of it translates into an
understanding of what constitutes "criminal" behaviors or
activities. This book aims to address the gap between criminal law
in theory and practice in the Global South by assembling 11
chapters from established and emerging scholars from various
underrepresented regions of the world. Drawing on research from
Singapore, the Philippines, Peru, Indonesia, India, the Dominican
Republic, Burma, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Argentina, this book
explores a range of issues that straddle the line between social
deviance and legal crimes in such societies, including extramarital
affairs, gender-based violence, gambling, LGBT issues, and
corruption. Issues of inclusivity versus exclusivity, modernity
versus tradition, globalization of capital versus cultural
revivalism are explored. The contributions critically analyze the
role politics and institutions play in shaping these issues. There
is an urgent need for empirical studies and new theoretical
approaches that can capture the complexity of crime phenomena that
occur in the Global South. This book will provide essential
material to facilitate the development of new approaches more
suitable to understanding the social phenomena related to crime in
these societies. This book will make an important contribution in
the development of Southern criminology. It will be of interest to
students and researchers of criminology and sociology engaged in
studies of sentencing and punishment, theories of crime, law and
practice, and postcolonialism.
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