Releasing the Tide: How Has a Shock to the Acceptability of Gender-Based Sexual Violence Affected Rape Reporting to Police in India?
| Autor: | Sam Krumholz, Anita Raj, Lotus McDougal, Prashant Bharadwaj, Nandita Bhan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Gender equity media_common.quotation_subject education India Gender-Based Violence Gang rape behavioral disciplines and activities Literacy Political science Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Socioeconomics Crime Victims Applied Psychology media_common Media access Sexual violence 050901 criminology 05 social sciences social sciences Census Police Clinical Psychology Shock (economics) Rape behavior and behavior mechanisms Female 0509 other social sciences 050104 developmental & child psychology Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36:NP5921-NP5943 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6518 0886-2605 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0886260518811421 |
| Popis: | National household data suggest that more than four million women in India have experienced nonspousal rape. Fewer than 1.5% of victims of sexual violence in India report their assaults to police, though there is some indication of increased rape reporting to police following a very high-profile fatal gang rape in Delhi in December 2012. This study examines effects of the Delhi gang rape on rape reporting to police in India, and assesses the roles played by geography, media access, and women’s status and protection factors in that reporting. Triangulated data from Indian crime, census, and police bureau records were used to assess trends in rape reporting to police at national and district levels from 2005 to 2016, using regressions, spatial mapping, and graphical trend analyses. Nationally, there was a 33% increase in annual rapes reported to police after 2012. Subnationally, there was substantial variation in trends; these district-level changes were particularly affected by distance from Delhi (0.2 fewer rapes reported to police/100,000 women for each 100 km from Delhi), literacy sex ratio (0.6 more rapes for every increase of 0.1 in male: female literacy ratio), and the presence of a women’s police station (1.0 fewer rapes reported to police/100,000 women relative to districts with no women’s police station). The 2012 Delhi gang rape significantly affected rape reporting to police in India, with greater increases seen closer to Delhi and in districts with compromised gender equity. Further work to support the rights and safety of women is needed, including bolstering an enabling environment for reporting, legal protections, and responsive criminal justice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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