TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - From arrest to trial court: the story of women prisoners of Pakistan
JO  - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
A1  - Baloch, Gul Muhammad
SP  - 158
EP  - 170
VL  - 91
IS  - 
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1877-0428
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.413
ID  - ref1
ER  -