RISING CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. The rising crime rate against women especially children in developing countries is appalling. The lethargy of law enforcement agencies have rendered otherwise tough laws redundant. Corruption is the worst nightmare for women. India a relatively safe country has become dangerous for women‚ where even 4 year old girls are not safe in their own homes. Shameful for a country which worships goddesses and virgin girls. There is a desperate need for Human
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Women in relationships are often subjected to the plaque that is identified as domestic violence; far more than men are. Statistically speaking women are overwhelmingly prone to be at higher risk of abuse in intimate relationships than men are. For instance‚ there are countless domestic violence occurrences that fly under the radar due to the fact that an overwhelming percentage go unreported. Based on the statistics that are available‚ one can easily illustrate that women are primary targets for
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make sure that change is happening. As Jackson Katz articulates throughout his article‚ “Violence against Women is a Men’s Issue” a variety of factors contribute to how our society looks at and talks about violence. Katz goes on further to talk about how men might not have as much invested into this particular issue but they should. He states this‚ “It’s normal. And precisely because the mistreatment of women is such a pervasive characteristic of our patriarchal culture‚ most men‚ to a greater or
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estimated 3 to 4 million women in the United States are battered each year by their partners‚ In homes where domestic violence occurs‚ children are seriously abused or neglected at a rate 1500% higher than the national average in the general population‚ Between 2.3 and 10 million children are witnesses to family violence‚ Based on an estimate of 2 children per household‚ in 55% of violent homes‚ at least 3.3 million children in the U.S. are at risk of witnessing domestic violence each year‚” (Retrieved
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from the criminal justice system (Jewkes‚ 2004: 111). This is because the law was written for men by men‚ without recognition that women may have the ‘same criminal potential’ (Short‚ 1989‚ cited in Knelman‚ 1998: 9). The image of violence that is maintained within society is based on male violence‚ hence‚ society struggles to conceptualise violence committed by women (Shaw in Dobash et‚ al.‚ 1995: 122) as it does not coincide with traditional gender expectations. Van Schie (1989) emphasises that
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Domestic Violence against Women in the Bahamas Domestic Violence is destroying families‚ devastating relationships‚ and dismantling communities in nations all over the world. The United Nations International Children’s Fund performed national surveys in 2000‚ and revealed percentages of countries across the globe with individuals who’ve been assaulted in any way by an intimate partner. They concluded that Barbados holds 30% of individuals being affected by Domestic Violence‚ Canada 29%
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Kitaneh and Hamdan BMC Health Services Research 2012‚ 12:469 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/469 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Workplace violence against physicians and nurses in Palestinian public hospitals: a cross-sectional study Mohamad Kitaneh and Motasem Hamdan* Abstract Background: Violence against healthcare workers in Palestinian hospitals is common. However‚ this issue is under researched and little evidence exists. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence
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|Introduction|| 2.|Meaning of Crime/Violence against Women|| 3.|Constitutional and Legal Provisions for Women|| |v Constitutional Provision|| |v Legal Provisions|| 4.|Classification Crime Against Women|| |v Crimes under Indian Penal Code|| |v Crimes under Special and Local Laws|| |v Reported Incidents of Crime|| |v Crime Against Women in Cities|| 5.|International Initiatives to Curb Gender Violence|| 6.|National Initiatives to Curb Gender Violence|| 7.|Verma Committee Report|| 8.|Conclusion||
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Women As Victims of Violent Crime: A look at the FBI stats. by Lili Pintea-Reed‚ PhD Popular images of women as victims in violent crime have probably strayed far from reality. Rather than a mature women attacked by strangers in alley ways‚ the average female victim is young (often a child)‚ poor‚ and a passing aquaintance of the attacker. The perpetrator is most likely an older male of the same race‚ with a past history of violence toward others. Further‚ women are not the most common victims
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Domestic Violence Against Men Statistics for the Behavioral & Social Sciences PSY 325 Instructor: October 17‚ 2011 When we think if domestic violence we automatically think that it is against the female in a relationship but it is becoming more and more prevalent that the abuse is where the male is the victim. Research has proven that little or no concerns or given to battered men who cry out for help from law enforcement officers and in the courts the cases are given minimum
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