Interpersonal Criminology Revisiting Interpersonal Crimes and Victimization

Based on peer-reviewed articles from the Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, Interpersonal Criminology investigates the roots of crime and victimization, rather than dissecting criminal behavior after the fact. The book divides crime by type, covering crimes against women, crimes against children and youths, culture conflict and victimization of groups, and interpersonal cybercrimes.

Perfect for criminal justice practitioners and advanced human rights, criminology, and victimology students, Interpersonal Criminology explores the complexities of crime and interpersonal events in both established and emerging fields of criminology, including those concerning women and minorities.

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

Editor xxiii

Contributors xxv

Section I

INTERPERSONAL CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN

1. Gender-Based Street Harassment: An International Perspective 3

JANICE JOSEPH

2. Marital Rape: A Socially and Legally Warranted Crime in

India 17

AKANSHA SINGH

3. Homelessness: A Consequence of Abuse of Women in

Brisbane, Australia 29

HELENA MENIH AND CATRIN SMITH

4. Market Women and Their Crime Reporting Practices in

Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria 41

JOHNSON OLUWOLE AYODELE

5. Discrimination and Victimization of Women at the

Workplace in Serbia: Prevalence and Characteristics 55

VESNA NIKOLIĆ-RISTANOVIĆ, SANJA ĆOPIĆ, AND BEJAN ŠAĆIRI

6. Fear of Crime among Women in Tiruchirappalli, India: A

Spatial Examination of Transit Spaces 73

C. HANNAH, G. SUBBAIYAN, AND T. SRINIVAS

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Section II

INTERPERSONAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND YOUTH

7. Restorative Practices for Juveniles in Hawai’i, United States 87

LORENN WALKER

8. Prevention of Interpersonal Crimes and Violence among Children and Youth through Virtue Education: A Roadmap 97

JOHN CHRISTOPHER AND JOHAN DE TAVERNIER

9. Underage Commercial Sex and Criminal Prosecutions in Singapore: Who Are the Real Victims? 111

S. CHANDRA MOHAN

Section III

CULTURE CONFLICT AND VICTIMIZATION OF GROUPS

10. Policing Domestic Violence in South Africa 125

DORAVAL GOVENDER

11. Domestic Violence Legislation and Its Application in Serbia: The Impact of Gender of the Offender and Other Factors 141

VESNA NIKOLIĆ-RISTANOVIĆ AND LJILJANA STEVKOVIĆ

12. Labeling of Denotified Tribes: Revisiting the Ramoshis in Maharashtra, India 163

DATTATREYA BHANDALKAR

13. Sex Trafficking in Gujarat, India: Case Studies of Women Victims Turned Offenders 177

PAVITHRAN NAMBIAR AND SUHAS P. NAMBIAR

14. How Can Victimology Become Positive? 191

NATTI RONEL

Contents ix

Section IV

INTERPERSONAL CYBER CRIMES

15. Generation Y and Online Victimization in Nigeria: How Vulnerable Are Younger Internet Users? 203

PHILIP NDUBUEZE

16. Sexting among Teens: Are They Victims or Offenders? 215

DEBARATI HALDER AND K. JAISHANKAR

17. Cyber and Mobile Phone Bullying Victimization among Youth in Singapore: An Exploration of Correlates 233

THOMAS J. HOLT, GRACE CHEE, AND ESTHER NG

18. Assessment of Cyber Criminology: Obstacles, Challenges, and Promising Paths of the New Science of Cyber Crime 247

BRIE DIAMOND AND MICHAEL BACHMANN

Epilogue 257

NATTI RONEL

Index 259

K. Jaishankar is Professor of Criminology and Head of the Department of Criminology at the Raksha Shakti University (Police and Internal Security University), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Prior to this present position, he served as a faculty member at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He has published more than 101 publications, including articles, books, book chapters, and editorials. He is the recipient of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) SCOPUS Young Scientist Award 2012 – Social Sciences and ISC – S.S. Srivastava Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research in Criminology. He was a Commonwealth Fellow (2009-2010) at the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK, and has completed a research project on victims of cyber crimes. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Cyber Criminology and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences He is the founding President of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) and founding Executive Director (Honorary) of the Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling (CCVC). He was a member of the UNODC (United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime) Core Group of Experts on Identity-related Crime (2007-08). He is a member of the Membership and Advancement Committee, World Society of Victimology (WSV); International Advisory Board for the Center for the Research and Development of Positive Criminology, Department of Criminology, Bar Illan University, Israel; Advisory Board for the Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA; the International Cybercrime Research Centre, Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, Canada; and the Scientific Commission of the International Society of Criminology (ISC); as well as Fellow of the African Center for Cyberlaw and Cybercr