Reflection on Crime Against Women

Contents Preface. 1. Looking through crime against women. 2. Rape crimes and rape victims. 3. Prostitution causes and remedy. 4. Divorce and dowry the social evils. 5. Atrocities on women a survey. 6. Case studies on crime against women. 7. Marital violence. 8. Crime against women a sociological analysis. 9. The National Commission for Women. 10. Crime against women an official account. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Keeping in view the number women constitute almost half of the human population. Unfortunately women have been discriminated in all spheres of life in all societies with varied magnitude and dimensions all through the ages. Various types of crimes and atrocities are inflected on them. Rape wife beating eve teasing sexual and physical harassment economic exploitation etc. are some of worst crimes a modern women frequently faces. Though a number of corrective legislations are in operation in all countries crime against women cannot be curbed. Everyday we come across such news stories. This book addresses some vital issues reflecting crimes against women. Emerging challenges and other issues are articulated comprehensively. The readings are collected from diverse authoritative sources which are all secondary e.g. reports books magazines abstracts monographs and journals. 290 pp.…