This book addresses violence against women in India. It examines the nature, extent, and underlying causes of this violence, as well as the policies that respond to the problem. This book was first published as a special issue of the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.
This book addresses violence against women in India. It examines the nature, extent, and underlying causes of this violence, as well as the policies that respond to the problem. This book was first published as a special issue of the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.
N. Prabha Unnithan is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. Mahesh K. Nalla is Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
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Preface 1. Exploring the trend of violence against women in India 2. Towards identifying and ranking selected types of violence against women in North India 3. Extreme cases and the criminal justice system: responses to a traumatic sexual assault in India 4. Perpetuating myths of women as false complainants in rape cases in India: culture V. The law 5. Perceptions of gender-based violence around public toilets in Mumbai slums 6. Community effects on women's help-seeking behaviour for intimate partner violence in India: gender disparity, feminist theory, and empowerment 7. Sexual violence perpetrated against women in India: the role of forensic evidence
Preface 1. Exploring the trend of violence against women in India 2. Towards identifying and ranking selected types of violence against women in North India 3. Extreme cases and the criminal justice system: responses to a traumatic sexual assault in India 4. Perpetuating myths of women as false complainants in rape cases in India: culture V. The law 5. Perceptions of gender-based violence around public toilets in Mumbai slums 6. Community effects on women's help-seeking behaviour for intimate partner violence in India: gender disparity, feminist theory, and empowerment 7. Sexual violence perpetrated against women in India: the role of forensic evidence
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