Research and Articles

Research Projects Undertaken : Total = 8 Projects

For National Human Rights Commission – 1

1. Devised an Inspection Format for Prisons at special request of N.H.R.C. This has been accepted for use throughout the Country.

For Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh – 1

The Problem of Overcrowding in Indian Prisons : A Study of Undertrials as one of the Factors. (For ICA on request of Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi). 1999-2000.

For British Council – 2

Impact of Human Rights Training Programme : Using Some Empirical Parameters (for British Council and C.O., UK). 2001. (Publication of 2003)

Conducted a Situational Study on ‘Prevention of Torture – Its Meaning, Prevalence and Prevention’ on behalf of National Human Rights Commission and British Council, New Delhi under the Indo-British Project on Promoting Good Custodial Practices. (2003)

For Punjab State Human Rights Commission – 1

5. Directed Research Project on ‘Problem of Custodial Death and Analysis by the Human Rights Commission’. This project was sponsored by the Punjab State Human Rights Commission, Chandigarh in the year 2006-2007.

For Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA – 3

Directed Research Project on ‘Key Performance Indicators in Prison Service’ . This project was sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA, New Delhi during the year 2003-04.

Directed Research Project on ‘Modalities to Reduce Undertrial Prisoners in Prisons’. This project was sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA, New Delhi in the year 2005.

Directed Research Project on ‘Identification of Best Prison Practices’ sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA, New Delhi (2008-2009).

RESEARCH PAPERS AND RESEARCH STUDIES PUBLISHED:

1. The Relationship between Psychology and Law : Some Considerations. Personality Study and Group Behaviour, Volume 19, 1999.

‘A Factor Analytic Study of Indices of Physiognomic Perception, Aesthetic Perception and Those of Cognition and Personality’. Personality Study and Group Behaviour Volume 20, 2000.

‘Stress Amongst Prison Officers : An Empirical Investigation’. Indian Journal of Criminology. Vol. 29 (1&2), Jan & July,2001 (20-32 pg.)

‘Partnership with Key Stakeholders : A New Strategy for Crime Prevention’. Co-authored paper with Mr. R.C. Nayyar. Indian Police Journal, BPR&D, New Delhi. Vol. VIII, No. 2. April – June, 2001.

‘A Study of Personality and Psychopathology Among Women Prisoners’ in Indian Journal of Criminology and Criminalistics. Vol. XXII, No. 1. Jan-April, 2001.

6. A Research Study on ‘Impact of Human Rights Training Programme on Prison Staff’ published by the British High Commission, British Council, New Delhi (2002).

Article on ‘Prison Reforms : Primitive Prisons Set the Clock Back’ published in Combat Law, March-April, 2008. Publication of Human Rights Law Network, Mumbai. (32-36 pg.)

‘Need for Alternatives to Imprisonment : Case for Community Sentencing’. Indian Police Journal, January-March 2009. Vol. LVI-No.1 (21-27 pg.)
‘Enlarging Scope of Prisoner’s Right to Visitation: A Critique of Right to Procreation’. CASIHR Journal on Human Rights Practice. Vol. I Issue 2, Vol. II Issues 1&2. 2019 (1-17 pg.).

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PUBLISHED :

‘Prison with a Difference’ on 20th March, 2006 published in The Tribune.

‘Women Behind Bars’ on 2nd July, 2006 published in The Tribune

‘Encounter Killings : Truth Commissions Needed’ on 10th June, 2007 published in The Tribune.

‘Victims of Apathy, commitment needed to reform prisons’ on 20th January, 2008 published in The Tribune.

‘Juvenile Justice : Need to make the system Child-Friendly’ on 3rd January 2010 published in The Tribune.

‘Teaching Girls Self-Defence’ on 8th January, 2013 published in The Tribune.

‘Juvenile Justice : The Urgency for Reform’ on 28th February, 2013 published in The Tribune.

‘Children’s Homes : Tales of Broken Promises’ on 12th June, 2014 in The Tribune

‘Prison bars & the Right to Procreation’ on 12th March, 2015 in The Tribune

‘Crime, Punishment and Justice’ on Jun 16 2015 in The Tribune

Transposing Mandela blueprint for prison reforms on Aug 10 2015 in The Tribune

Populist impulse, inadequate response on Apr 24 2018 in Hindustan Times e-Paper

Curb drug abuse with focus on public health

The sordid inside story

Rethinking Justice The Restorative way

Prison Riots Call For System-correction

Trigger Justice Won’t Do

The challenges of de-radicalisation in India

Easing overcrowded prisons in Covid Times

Putting ex-prisoners on road to reintegration

Proactive approach can ease congestion in jails

Gender-based violence stems from systemic malaise

Find a balance between secure and humane jails

A road map for the model prisons Act

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Research and Articles

Research Projects Undertaken : Total = 8 Projects

For National Human Rights Commission – 1

1. Devised an Inspection Format for Prisons at special request of N.H.R.C. This has been accepted for use throughout the Country.

For Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh – 1

The Problem of Overcrowding in Indian Prisons : A Study of Undertrials as one of the Factors. (For ICA on request of Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi). 1999-2000.

For British Council – 2

Impact of Human Rights Training Programme : Using Some Empirical Parameters (for British Council and C.O., UK). 2001. (Publication of 2003)

Conducted a Situational Study on ‘Prevention of Torture – Its Meaning, Prevalence and Prevention’ on behalf of National Human Rights Commission and British Council, New Delhi under the Indo-British Project on Promoting Good Custodial Practices. (2003)

For Punjab State Human Rights Commission – 1

5. Directed Research Project on ‘Problem of Custodial Death and Analysis by the Human Rights Commission’. This project was sponsored by the Punjab State Human Rights Commission, Chandigarh in the year 2006-2007.

For Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA – 3

Directed Research Project on ‘Key Performance Indicators in Prison Service’ . This project was sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA, New Delhi during the year 2003-04.

Directed Research Project on ‘Modalities to Reduce Undertrial Prisoners in Prisons’. This project was sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA, New Delhi in the year 2005.

Directed Research Project on ‘Identification of Best Prison Practices’ sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA, New Delhi (2008-2009).

RESEARCH PAPERS AND RESEARCH STUDIES PUBLISHED:

1. The Relationship between Psychology and Law : Some Considerations. Personality Study and Group Behaviour, Volume 19, 1999.

‘A Factor Analytic Study of Indices of Physiognomic Perception, Aesthetic Perception and Those of Cognition and Personality’. Personality Study and Group Behaviour Volume 20, 2000.

‘Stress Amongst Prison Officers : An Empirical Investigation’. Indian Journal of Criminology. Vol. 29 (1&2), Jan & July,2001 (20-32 pg.)

‘Partnership with Key Stakeholders : A New Strategy for Crime Prevention’. Co-authored paper with Mr. R.C. Nayyar. Indian Police Journal, BPR&D, New Delhi. Vol. VIII, No. 2. April – June, 2001.

‘A Study of Personality and Psychopathology Among Women Prisoners’ in Indian Journal of Criminology and Criminalistics. Vol. XXII, No. 1. Jan-April, 2001.

6. A Research Study on ‘Impact of Human Rights Training Programme on Prison Staff’ published by the British High Commission, British Council, New Delhi (2002).

Article on ‘Prison Reforms : Primitive Prisons Set the Clock Back’ published in Combat Law, March-April, 2008. Publication of Human Rights Law Network, Mumbai. (32-36 pg.)

‘Need for Alternatives to Imprisonment : Case for Community Sentencing’. Indian Police Journal, January-March 2009. Vol. LVI-No.1 (21-27 pg.)

‘Enlarging Scope of Prisoner’s Right to Visitation: A Critique of Right to Procreation’. CASIHR Journal on Human Rights Practice. Vol. I Issue 2, Vol. II Issues 1&2. 2019 (1-17 pg.).