Policing Violence against Women: The Indian Scenario

Abstract

Abstract Policing by police is an errand difficult to be met with the rise in atrocities against the peripherals with regard to women, children, aged and minorities. Countries showing different crime statistics on violence against women cannot be spared of explanations. Whether the incidences of violence against women is showing any change is a question of concern especially taking into consideration the dark figure of crime. The present study is an attempt to analyze violence against women in India and evaluate the measures undertaken by the police in India to combat the menace in recent times.