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Familial Violence and Human Trafficking: Stories From India

Sharon Menezes (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India)

The Justice System and the Family: Police, Courts, and Incarceration

ISBN: 978-1-80382-360-7, eISBN: 978-1-80382-359-1

Publication date: 14 October 2022

Abstract

This chapter juxtaposes human trafficking of children by their families with structural disadvantage characterizing cycles of violence to suggest that carceral approaches alone cannot break trajectories of crime. It highlights contexts where familial violence is culturally normalized and where the victim–offender binary is challenged. The devadasi system in a district in the Northern region of the State of Karnataka, India, and stories of women and communities in urban India provide a context for the discussion. This chapter posits the need to explore community corrections, restorative and transitional justice, and social justice in criminal justice administration to build safe families and communities for children.

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to ARZ, an NGO in Goa, for contributing to knowledge and intent to break the market of commercial sex; women affected by commercial sex who are willing to guide my writing; and my students Komal Bhamra and Honey Chouhan.

Citation

Menezes, S. (2022), "Familial Violence and Human Trafficking: Stories From India", Maxwell, S.R. and Blair, S.L. (Ed.) The Justice System and the Family: Police, Courts, and Incarceration (Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, Vol. 20), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 257-271. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520220000020012

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Emerald Publishing Limited