Author: Somerville, Augustus
Title: Crime and Religious Beliefs in India
Description: New Delhi, Asian Publication Services, (1993). Reprint. orig.boards, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm, iv,192,(9) pp. A facsimile reprint of the 1920 edition.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Prostitution; The Dope Traffic; The Lure of China Town; The Origin of Opium; The Worship of Rural Deities; The Worship of Serpents; Haunts & Schools of Crime; Chore Hat or the Thieves' Market; The Pilgrimage of Azir Ali; Night Haunts of Calcutta; Religious Aspects of Crime; The Ganga Sagar Mela & Child Sacrifice; Tale of the Sakchilli; Quaint Tribal & Religious Customs; Human Sacrifice & Slavery among the Nagas.

Keywords: History of Religion, Colonial India, Crime, Criminology, Hindu, Hinduism, Kali, ,