Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Foreword - M N Venkatachaliah -- Introduction - Rani Dhavan Shankardass -- The Problems and Paradoxes of Punishment -- Part One: Description And Prescription -- Justice in Prison - V R Krishna Iyer -- Remedial Jurisprudence and Versatile Criminology -- Prisons in a Modern Society - Andrew Coyle -- Reality and Reform in Tihar Central Jail - Sarita Sarangi -- Prison Administration in India - Hira Singh -- Contemporary Issues -- Punishment in Unequal Justice - Alvin J Bronstein -- America's Prison Industry -- The Proper Use of Imprisonment - Rod Morgan -- Prison as Seen by an English Judge - Henry Brooke -- Sentencing - Rajindar Sachar -- Choices and Dilemmas for a Judge -- The Problem of Undertrials - I - Pushpa Kapila Hingorani -- Hussainara Khatoon and Public Interest Litigation -- The Problem of Undertrials - II - Mukul Mudgal -- Kadriya Pahadiya and Juvenile Justice -- Police, Crime and Punishment - Vijay Karan and Ved Marwah -- Indian Predicaments -- Exploring Non-Custodial Punishments - Paddington Garwe and Andrew Msengezi -- Zimbabwe's Community Service Scheme -- Part Two: Discourse And Analysis -- Kill Them for Their Bad Verses - Rajeev Dhavan -- On Criminal Law and Punishment in India -- Bringing Judas to the Last Supper? The Tasks of Republican Criminology in Service of Globalization - Upendra Baxi -- Political Prisoners and the Prison System - Ujjwal Kumar Singh -- Colonial Purposes and Praxiological Problems -- Women, Crime and Jail Justice - Rani Dhavan Shankardass -- Theoretical Formulations and Indian Realities -- Alternatives to Prisons - Vivien Stern -- Reflections and Experiences -- Conclusion - Rani Dhavan Shankardass -- The Punishment of Crime or the Crime of Punishment.