Essay on the South Asian Society of Criminology & Victimology (SASCV).
More recently, an international association called the South Asian Society of Criminology & Victimology (SASCV) has been founded in February 2011, to nurture and promote criminological and victimological knowledge in South Asian countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
The countries share their best practices in order to develop understanding of criminology and victimology as two important branches connected with criminal justice system. The emphasis is in victim’s restorative justice, both at the governmental and the non-governmental level.
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It has been generally accepted that the South Asian countries are facing acute problems of corruption, criminal violence, terrorism, extremism, white caller crime and cyber crimes, human rights violations, victimization etc. The SASCV seeks to initiate measures to assist member countries in framing criminal justice oriented legislative policies to support and cater the needs of victims of crime and of abuse of power.
The main objectives of the South-Asian Society (SASCV) are as under:—
1. To serve as an international impartial, non-political and non-profit making association whose purpose is to promote criminology and victimology in South Asian region?
2. To function in close collaboration with other national and international bodies to use the available resources for propagation of victimological knowledge;
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3. Scientific exchange of experts and organisation of international seminars, symposia, workshops, conferences etc. on the related subject;
4. To encourage, promote and co-ordinate research development programmes and evaluation activities related to criminology and victimology in the South Asian region.
5. To sensitise those who are responsible for criminal justice system regarding need for care, help and assistance to victim of crime through resort to restorative justice;
6. To promote education and training of criminologists and victimologists and professionals working in this field, particularly, the officials entrusted with the administration of criminal justice.