Violence against Scheduled Caste Women: The Case of Rape across States in India

Abstract

The present paper is an endeavour to get in the brutal social practices against scheduled caste (SC) women in India utilizing state-level information over the period of nearly two decades, that is, 2001–2019. Besides law enforcement and punishment, there can be other compelling instruments for controlling rape against SC women. The result proposes interstate disparity in rape rate. Rape against SC women may be controlled with higher economic growth, education and expanding expenditure on police. The DEMARU states are still found slacking behind in controlling rape of SC women.