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SOCIAL SCIENCES REVIEW OF PAKISTAN
Volume 1 Issue 1
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Social Sciences Review of Pakistan (SSRP)
Volume 1, Issue 1
Copyrights © Sociological Association of Pakistan (SAP)
Sociological Association of Pakistan (SAP)
EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr. RAZA ULLAH
Assistant Professor Sociology
University of the Punjab
Dr. MUHAMMAD ZAMAN
Assistant Professor Sociology
Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
Dr. KHIZRA ASLAM
Associate Professor Sociology
Dr. ZAHIRA BATOOL
Assistant Professor
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Table of Contents
Prison Reforms and Situation of Prisons in Pakistan 1
Violence against Women in Pakistan: Role of Police and Media 13
Perception of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, Knowledge and Attitude of Working Women towards Workplace Harassment Act 2010 22
Role of News Talk Shows in Creating Political Efficacy among Youth 30
Problems Faced by Infertile Couples in their Social Adjustment 43
* Prison Reforms and Situation of Prisons in Pakistan
Muhammad Siddique Akbar
PhD Scholar
Institute of Social and Cultural Studies,
University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan
Mazhar Hussain Bhutta
PhD Scholar
Institute of Social and Cultural Studies,
University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Pakistan inherited the prison system as a colonial legacy after the partition of British occupied subcontinent in 1947. With the passage of time the deteriorating condition of prisons and prisoners beckoned the attention of governments and human rights organization as it began to realize that life conditions in prisons is closely related with recidivism rate and criminal behaviour. The ideas of community correction and rehabilitation altered the functions and objectives of modernized prison institution. To improve the living conditions of detainees, various commissions and committees have been constituted by government of Pakistan occasionally in context with paradigmatic shift in the penal
Volume 1 Issue 1
|
Social Sciences Review of Pakistan (SSRP)
Volume 1, Issue 1
Copyrights © Sociological Association of Pakistan (SAP)
Sociological Association of Pakistan (SAP)
EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr. RAZA ULLAH
Assistant Professor Sociology
University of the Punjab
Dr. MUHAMMAD ZAMAN
Assistant Professor Sociology
Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
Dr. KHIZRA ASLAM
Associate Professor Sociology
Dr. ZAHIRA BATOOL
Assistant Professor
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Table of Contents
Prison Reforms and Situation of Prisons in Pakistan 1
Violence against Women in Pakistan: Role of Police and Media 13
Perception of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, Knowledge and Attitude of Working Women towards Workplace Harassment Act 2010 22
Role of News Talk Shows in Creating Political Efficacy among Youth 30
Problems Faced by Infertile Couples in their Social Adjustment 43
* Prison Reforms and Situation of Prisons in Pakistan
Muhammad Siddique Akbar
PhD Scholar
Institute of Social and Cultural Studies,
University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan
Mazhar Hussain Bhutta
PhD Scholar
Institute of Social and Cultural Studies,
University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Pakistan inherited the prison system as a colonial legacy after the partition of British occupied subcontinent in 1947. With the passage of time the deteriorating condition of prisons and prisoners beckoned the attention of governments and human rights organization as it began to realize that life conditions in prisons is closely related with recidivism rate and criminal behaviour. The ideas of community correction and rehabilitation altered the functions and objectives of modernized prison institution. To improve the living conditions of detainees, various commissions and committees have been constituted by government of Pakistan occasionally in context with paradigmatic shift in the penal
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