Crime Victimisation in India

This edited volume is a pioneering and comprehensive study of crime victimisation in India. Relying on the findings of four crime victimisation surveys conducted in India, it provides a unique basis for understanding crime in society. It considers the public’s fear of crime and perceptions of safety and security, focusing on their access to the police and how they view police effectiveness. This study provides critical data on the level of crime within particular spatial and temporal conditions which can supplement official statistics on crime published by the state, help systematically diagnose law and order issues and develop solutions for improved policing and public safety.

A unique and timely volume, this book will be of interest to researchers of Asian criminology, victimology and the study of the criminal justice system, as well as those interested in empirical research and policy making in criminal justice.

Sudhir Krishnaswamy: Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University

Sudhir Krishnaswamy is Vice-Chancellor, Director, Online and Hybrid Programmes, and Professor of Law at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He teaches Political Philosophy and Politics in India, Research Methodology, Constitutional Law, Law and Justice and Legal System Reform. His main areas of interest are constitutional law, legal system reform, legal theory, intellectual property law and administrative law. He has written on a wide range of topics, including Indian constitutional law, intellectual property law, and judicial corruption.

He is also the co-founder and trustee of the Centre for Law and Policy Research. Previously, he was the Director of the School of Policy and Governance, and Professor of Law and Politics at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. He was also the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Visiting Professor of Indian Constitutional Law at Columbia Law School. He has been a Teaching Fellow in Law at Pembroke College at Oxford University, an Assistant Professor at the National Law School of India University, and a Professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. He has taught law at universities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

A Rhodes Scholar and graduate of the University of Oxford, he has earlier worked with the Prime Minister’s Committee on Infrastructure, Planning Commission and the Kasturi Rangan Expert Committee on Bangalore Governance. He is also the only Indian member of Facebook’s social media oversight board.

He has a Doctor of Philosophy in Law and a Bachelor of Civil Laws degree from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) degree from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.

Renuka Sane: Associate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Renuka Sane is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. Her research interests lie in household finance, credit and bankruptcy, pensions, and the regulatory state.

She was a member of the research team of the Bankruptcy Legislative Reforms Commission on individual insolvency. She is also a member of the Pension Advisory Committee of the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority, and a member of the Working Group on personal insolvency at the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.

She has a PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales and holds an M.A. in Economics from Mumbai University.

Ajay Shah: Co-founder, XKDR Forum

Varsha Aithala: Doctoral Candidate, National Law School of India University

Varsha Aithala is a Dr N R Madhava Menon Doctoral Scholar (2020-23) and guest faculty at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. Her doctoral thesis examines the role of private capital in Indian legal system reform. Her research interests span the areas of contract law, corporate law, legal system reform, legal education and the legal profession. She was a research fellow and visiting faculty at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, where she offered courses on private law and legal system reform.

She has more than ten years of extensive experience in corporate and commercial laws and has specialised in international and domestic private equity and venture capital investment transactions.

She has a Master of Corporate Law degree from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) degree from Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad.