Niharikaa Awasthy Senior Legal Advisor, Naturo Electro Homoeopathy Medicos of India, Janakpuri, New Delhi 110058, India
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Indian Journal of Legal Medicine
2(2):p 93-103, July-Dec 2023. | DOI: N.A
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Awasthy N. Women's Incarceration. Indian Journal of Legal Medicine. 2023;2(2):93-103.
Timeline
Received : August 18, 2023
Accepted : September 22, 2023
Published : December 29, 2023
Abstract
Women's prisons as a regime. Experience of women's punishment and imprisonment in different regimes and community penalties changing the character of women's punishment. What’s going on and why are more and more women coming to criminal justice? Women offenders are a distinct minority in the criminal justice system, especially when compared to young men.
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Awasthy N. Women's Incarceration. Indian Journal of Legal Medicine. 2023;2(2):93-103.
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