Crime Against Women

Description

A crime against women is direct or indirect physical or mental cruelty to women. Various kinds of violence against women include eve-teasing, molestation, bigamy, fraudulent marriage, adultery and enticement of married women, abduction and kidnapping, rape, harassment to women at the workplace, wife beating, dowry death, female child abuse and abuse of elderly female etc. Post- modernity notion of equity is at the top of the feminist agenda. Crime against women hinders equality, development and peace. It both violates or nullifies the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. An exception to this rule is prostitution. A prostitute is someone who sells sex, and this is seen as a female offence. The criminal law consists of those legal norms that have been established by the state as a public responsibility. Someone who infringes the criminal law can be arrested, charged, and tried at public expense. If found guilty, will be subject to penalties such as a fine or imprisonment. This book will provide an in depth study and analysis of different types of crimes committed against women. It will help teachers and researchers of criminology, forensic scientists and social scientists in their academic pursuits. This will also help the policing system to control crime against women.