Study Report - Women Victims of Crimes in Kerala - Kerala Police

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY K erala, one of the highly developed states in terms of literacy, and low infant and maternal mortality rate has been witnessing an increase in the rate of crime against women over a period of time. Government and voluntary agencies are doing their level best to protect women and wipe out this negative indicator of development yet it continues to increase day by day. Newspapers daily report at least two to three rape cases and child abuse cases apart from other milder crimes against women. Attempting to stop the crimes against women and to establish a peaceful life for women folk, the Police Department of Government of Kerala has initiated this study with the following objectives. To study 1. Socio-economic background of the women who faced crime on them 2. Typography of crimes against women in Kerala 3. The extent of victims’ legal awareness on crime against women 4. The social isolation victims face or the freedom they enjoy in society 5. Life after the incident – economic, social and emotional 6. The main factors responsible for committing the crime against women 7. To examine possible solutions to reduce crimes against women A cross section of the population of Kerala is included in the sample who comprised mainly of the victims and police officials, apart from a a small sample size of social workers and general public, in order to form a holistic picture of the issue of crime against women. Data were collected from 181 victims, 197 police officers, 40 social workers and 44 general public amounting to a total sample size of 462. Data were collected from ten police station areas across Kerala to get a representative sample of the people associated with the crimes. The results of the study show that the crime against women is universal, irrespective of the socio economic background of the victims. However, among the victims of the registered cases, majority of the respondents of this study are from the
lower socioeconomic background, as the middle and upper classes do not come forward to register cases. Violence or crime is seen in all age categories but the maximum violence is found in the age group of 18-40 years, as per this study. A considerable incidence of crimes is seen among girls who are below 18 years, which is to be taken seriously as most of these girls are innocent regarding crimes and its consequences. The study showed that there is no impact of religion on the crime against women, as it is found in all religions in equal proportions. There is a correlation between crime and education as crime is seen more among the less educated women. Occupational background shows that majority of the victims are daily wage labourers followed by housewives. 47.27% of the victims have a monthly earning of 1000-5000 rupees and 16.36% of the victims belong to the income group of above 10000 rupees category. 73.9% of the victims are married and 15.9% of the victims are single. There are a few widows and separated women. Domestic violence dominate among the crimes against women and this study shows that 51.4% of the crimes are related to domestic crimes which are more common among the women who are between 26 to 40 years (44.9%). One can see both direct and indirect domestic violence in Kerala. Various types of sexual assaults, ranging from eve teasing to rape, come under the category of crime against women. Modernisation has added many new crimes to the old ones. Poverty coupled with alcoholism is the root cause for crime against women. But there are other causes among which the most vulnerable ones are social media and modern ICT tools. Strong legal system to protect women, creation of KELSA, the friendly and helpful nature of the police towards women, and presence of Janamaithry police stations have neither brought the crime rate down nor increased the registration of actual cases in the police stations. This phenomenon can be attributed to the extant value system in the society. As per the police department statistics, not even 40% of the cases are registered while according to the social workers, only 30% are registered. Political parties’ interference in the cases is a big issue for the victim, accused and the police, and is undesirable for the smooth proceeding of the case. The victims as well as the police say in one voice that one will not be able to predict the vii
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Page 3 and 4: C FOREWORD rimes against women are
Page 5 and 6: T Preface he position of women in I
Page 7: 44 Victims awareness about the exis
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER I CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN KE
Page 13 and 14: Crimes against women vary in nature
Page 15 and 16: 60 million girls who are otherwise
Page 17 and 18: Violence can affect woman's reprodu
Page 19 and 20: Police records in India show a high
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Page 29 and 30: Part A CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
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Page 45 and 46: defend their rights. But they do no
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Page 49 and 50: characteristics. Logistic regressio
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state, so that a cross section of t
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General public simply mean any pers
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to 30 years followed by the categor
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TABLE 6: CASTE BACKGROUND OF THE VI
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looked upon when one studies the do
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TABLE 10: OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND O
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women suffer from domestic violence
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incident as she was tied up while t
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areas. Eve teasing cannot be curbed
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Though the cases registered are onl
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TABLE 20: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIM
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On the other hand, a positive corre
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10. Women are not aware of their po
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TABLE 26: RESPONDENTS’ VIEWS ON F
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TABLE 29: WHETHER THE GENERAL PUBLI
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filed the case and two boys were im
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TABLE 33: VICTIMS’ AWARENESS ABOU
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Informing the police seems to be ea
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TABLE 39: SOURCES OF PHYSICAL PROTE
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TABLE 43. VICTIMS’ AWARENESS ABOU
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are not aware of the existence of K
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victim is undergoing mental agony a
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counseling much more than women, in
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household. Regarding eve teasing, t
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TABLE 52: DENAIL OF FREEDOM FOR THE
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TABLE 54: DENIAL OF FREEDOM, NOT PE
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TABLE 58: DENIAL OF FREEDOM NOT PER
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Age TABLE 61: EMPLOYMENT AT THE TIM
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TABLE 65: THE FEELING OF VICTIMS RE
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TABLE 68: CHANGING STATUS OF THE VI
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awareness regarding such systems ha
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Kerala, one of the highly developed
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the fact as majority of the middle
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‐ Beating and abusing the childre
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• Pressure of nuclear families su
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• Women are reluctant to go to th
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• The denial of freedom was expre
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• The institutions and organisati
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