{"product_id":"juvenile-not-delinquent-children-in-enakshi-ganguly-9789354474477","title":"Juvenile, Not Delinquent Children in Conflict with the Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeScriPtion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe past decade has seen an insidious and unforgiving position take root on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epurpose of juvenile justice in India, seen as it is-especially in the aftermath of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Nirbhaya case in 2012-as an instrument of punishment and not of reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe desire to make the law retributive and not compassionate stems from what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone of the authors calls 'the blindness of privilege'. This book offers a much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eneeded critique of such a skewed understanding of the law, pulling us out of our\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomfort zone, and confronting us with the grim reality of India's juvenile justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors write from long years of experience of working with 'Children in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict with Law', or CICL, as the Juvenile Justice Act terms offending minors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first part of the book, noted child rights activist Enakshi Ganguly discusses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot only the history and evolution of the law in India-from the colonial period\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the present-but also its pitfalls and the often overwhelming problems in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edealing with the system. The second part of the book contains two poignant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst-person accounts of working among the CICL by Kalpana Purushothaman, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea trained psychologist and a member of a Juvenile Justice Board in Karnataka, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Puneeta Roy, who translates her skills in expressive arts into offering tools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto interned children for self-empowerment and healing. The personal anecdotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand case studies they share, and the sheer resilience of their optimism, challenge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe deeply biased assumptions that prevent us from seeing the child behind the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoffender and which perpetuate injustice against this most vulnerable of groups.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Enakshi Ganguly, Kalpana Purushothaman, Puneeta Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354474470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354474477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.53d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Enakshi Ganguly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130999959807,"sku":"9789354474477","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b9c13ce-b817-48d5-bef8-24cffcd27ee6.jpg?v=1687472448","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/juvenile-not-delinquent-children-in-enakshi-ganguly-9789354474477","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}