@article{ref1,
title="From arrest to trial court: the story of women prisoners of Pakistan",
journal="Procedia - social and behavioral sciences",
year="2013",
author="Baloch, Gul Muhammad",
volume="91",
number="",
pages="158-170",
abstract="This study used mix methods design and was conducted in all four women prisons of Sindh province of Pakistan. It was a 'census', no sampling was done and total respondents were 100. Inmates were involved in six types of crimes i.e. drug trafficking (26), murder of husband (25), kidnapping (23), murder (18), robbery/theft (5), child trafficking (2) and extra-marital relationship (1). The prisoners were tortured to sign confession. Inmates from rural and poor strata were found to be more ignorant, disempowered and vulnerable to existing judicial system. <br><br>FINDINGS also showed least legal help from government as well as NGOs sector.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1877-0428",
doi="10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.413",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.413"
}