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The past decade has seen an insidious and unforgiving position take root on the purpose of juvenile justice in India, seen as it is—especially in the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case in 2012—as an instrument of punishment and not of reform. The desire to make the law retributive and not compassionate stems from what one of the authors calls ‘the blindness of privilege’. This book offers a much needed critique of such a skewed understanding of the law, pulling us out of our comfort zone, and confronting us with the grim reality of India’s juvenile justice system.The authors write from long years of experience of working with ‘Children in Conflict with Law’, or CICL, as the Juvenile Justice Act terms offending minors. In the first part of the book, noted child rights activist Enakshi Ganguly discusses not only the history and evolution of the law in India—from the colonial period to the present—but also its pitfalls and the often overwhelming problems in dealing with the system.

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Enakshi Ganguly is a noted child rights activist. She is the founder of HAQ: Centre for Child Rights. She is an honorary professor at the National Law University, Odisha. She has authored a number of publications, including reports, articles and edited volumes on a range of subjects related to forced displacement, land and housing rights, women and children. Dr Kalpana Purushothaman is a member of the Juvenile Justice Board, Bangalore (Urban) and Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Psychology and Research (IIPR). Dr Purushothaman also works with survivors of violence and sexual abuse across all genders and is a trained, queer-affirmative therapist. Puneeta Roy is a media professional who has worked in film and television for over three decades. She is the founder of The Yuva Ekta Foundation, through which she has expanded her work among underprivileged youth.

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