Post-Frontier Crimes Regulation FATA: Reservations and Confusions of the Tribesmen and the Way Forward Raid Khan1, Sajjad Hussain2, Abstract The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is merged within the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) constitutionally by the 25thamendment in the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan by the Parliament on May 31, 2018. Before this amendment, a […]
Language and Addiction: Exploring the Role of Discourse in Drug Addiction Sham Haidar1, Naghman Arif2 & Yawer Abbas3 Abstract Drug addiction is a social evil which has been studied by different scholars of the world from different perspectives. Most of the research conducted to understand this phenomenon is from the perspective of psychology, neurophysiology, medical […]
Exploring the Consequences of Delayed Justice System in the Disposition of Civil and Criminal Cases Dr. Muhammad Kaleem1, Gauhar Ali2 & Dr. Asif Salim3, Abstract The present study explored the possible consequences of delayed justice system in the disposition of civil and criminal cases. In Pakistan, the disposition of justice in civil cases is one […]
Correlating Personality Disorders with Types (I, II) of Crimes in Prisoner Population Um-e-Kalsoom1, Shehla Gul2 Abstract Psychiatric problems have been associated with criminal behaviour in various studies. This study examined to find out the connection of personality disorders with the type of crimes in offenders. It also investigated to find out gender differences in various […]
Terrorism and Pakistan Stock Exchange: Evidence from ‘War on Terror’ Gul Bano1, Naimat U. Khan2 Abstract This paper addresses the impact of terrorism on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in the wake of ‘war on terror’. Being a front line country in the ‘war on terror’, Pakistan witnessed a number of terrorist attacks across the whole […]
The Impact of Unemployment on Theft: A Case Study of the Punjab Prisons Syed Yasir Mahmood Gillani1 Abstract The present study explores the relationship between unemployment and theft through a comprehensive survey of 30 prisons of Punjab, the most populated province of Pakistan. A sample of 481 respondents was selected including both juveniles and adults […]
This editorial touches on two separate subjects: the first part consists of reflections on the part of the editorial team, led by the Associate editor, on the impact that the current crisis precipitated by the Covid-19 and what it might mean for our understanding of crime and criminology. The second part, as it is customary, […]