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Policing the savage: Segregation, labor and state medicine in the Andamans

Article Abstract:

The penal colony established by the British in the Andaman Islands in the 1850s was intended as a permanent exile for certain types of Indian criminals. Some of the techniques used by the colonial state to manage a criminalized population in the later nineteenth century, are examined.

Research, Prisons, 19th century AD, Segregation

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Juvenile delinquency and the national defense state: policing young workers in wartime Japan, 1937-1945

Article Abstract:

The policing of young male factory workers in Japan's cities during wartime years is studied. War's liberating potential threatens the unity that a nation is supposed to represent.

Japan, Military aspects, Factory workers

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A separate punishment: Juvenile offenders in colonial India

Article Abstract:

During 1850s, colonial India faced a problem with punishment of juveniles. Many modernizers proposed separate punishment for young offenders but this issue was never resolved.

Government domestic functions, India, Social policy

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