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Srivastava, Shankar Sahai, Juvenile Vagrancy, Asia, Publishing House. Bombay. 252 p

Srivastava, Shankar Sahai, Juvenile Vagrancy, Asia, Publishing House. Bombay. 252 p 334 demands for disestablishment and to situations like those in the U.S.A. and Australia, where the influence of the nonconformist denominations is comparable to, and perhaps greater than, that of Roman Catholicism or Anglicanism (Episcopalianism). The British Labour Party does indeed resemble a deno- mination ; but its main though not its sole function is to achieve and use public office. Pacifist movements differ from both denominations and sects in that their raison d'etre lies mainly - though, again, not wholly - in the possibility of winning converts. One reason why pacifists often renounce their views is that they seek to exert influence on contemporary politics, and despair, perhaps prematurely, of ever doing so through the preaching of pure pacifism. The University of New South Wales England KENNETH RIVETT Srivastava, Shankar Sahai, Juvenile Vagrancy, Asia, Publishing House. Bombay. 252 p. This is a study of juvenile vagrancy in two Indian cities - Kanpur and Lucknow. Based upon observations of and interviews with 150 vagrant boys between 7 and 18 years of age in each of the two cities and their parents, the author gives a discription of their social and ecological background and their way of life. The book giver a wealth of valuable information. It gives a vivid description of the circumstances under which the boys have grown up and their life on the streets. After reading it one has the feeling of knowing the boys and under- standing the problems which they face in the community. A study of this kind must obviously be of importance for the social agencies in India who has to tackle the problems of juvenile vagrancy. Even if Srivastava himself does not propose any reforms, his description gives invaluable infor- mation - and information about and understanding of a problem must always precede a reform. Unfortunately - Srivastava has been more interested in giving a quantitative description rather than a qualitative one. Like most criminological studies the book is packed with tables showing the number of boys falling into one or another category. The boys in question, however, are not a random sample of all the vagrant boys in the two cities, which makes the interpretation of the findings extremely difficult. One is never sure whether the differences or the similarities are true or whether they are due to a biased sample, and even if it had been a random sample, the lack of a control group makes it impossible at least for one who is not aquainted with India to say in what respect the vagrants differ from non-vagrant boys from the same background. These objections, however, do not discern the fact that Juverile Vagran- cy" is a very interesting study. Srivastava's description of the lives of the boys junking, gambling and hanging around the railway stations has an appeal which makes a reader hope that the author will continue his work in this field. University of Oslo Oslo, Norway RAGNAR HAUGE http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) Brill

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Brill
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© 1966 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0021-9096
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1568-5217
DOI
10.1163/156852166X00226
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Abstract

334 demands for disestablishment and to situations like those in the U.S.A. and Australia, where the influence of the nonconformist denominations is comparable to, and perhaps greater than, that of Roman Catholicism or Anglicanism (Episcopalianism). The British Labour Party does indeed resemble a deno- mination ; but its main though not its sole function is to achieve and use public office. Pacifist movements differ from both denominations and sects in that their raison d'etre lies mainly - though, again, not wholly - in the possibility of winning converts. One reason why pacifists often renounce their views is that they seek to exert influence on contemporary politics, and despair, perhaps prematurely, of ever doing so through the preaching of pure pacifism. The University of New South Wales England KENNETH RIVETT Srivastava, Shankar Sahai, Juvenile Vagrancy, Asia, Publishing House. Bombay. 252 p. This is a study of juvenile vagrancy in two Indian cities - Kanpur and Lucknow. Based upon observations of and interviews with 150 vagrant boys between 7 and 18 years of age in each of the two cities and their parents, the author gives a discription of their social and ecological background and their way of life. The book giver a wealth of valuable information. It gives a vivid description of the circumstances under which the boys have grown up and their life on the streets. After reading it one has the feeling of knowing the boys and under- standing the problems which they face in the community. A study of this kind must obviously be of importance for the social agencies in India who has to tackle the problems of juvenile vagrancy. Even if Srivastava himself does not propose any reforms, his description gives invaluable infor- mation - and information about and understanding of a problem must always precede a reform. Unfortunately - Srivastava has been more interested in giving a quantitative description rather than a qualitative one. Like most criminological studies the book is packed with tables showing the number of boys falling into one or another category. The boys in question, however, are not a random sample of all the vagrant boys in the two cities, which makes the interpretation of the findings extremely difficult. One is never sure whether the differences or the similarities are true or whether they are due to a biased sample, and even if it had been a random sample, the lack of a control group makes it impossible at least for one who is not aquainted with India to say in what respect the vagrants differ from non-vagrant boys from the same background. These objections, however, do not discern the fact that Juverile Vagran- cy" is a very interesting study. Srivastava's description of the lives of the boys junking, gambling and hanging around the railway stations has an appeal which makes a reader hope that the author will continue his work in this field. University of Oslo Oslo, Norway RAGNAR HAUGE

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Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1966

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