An alarming rise in rape in Nepal: A 20-year review-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An alarming rise in rape in Nepal: A 20-year review

Published:2021-03-14 Issue:2 Volume:89 Page:125-127
ISSN:0025-8172
Container-title:Medico-Legal Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Med Leg J

Author:

Atreya Alok¹,Nepal Samata²,Menezes Ritesh G³,Dhital Rolina⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal

2. Department of Community Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal

3. Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

4. Health Action and Research, Kathmandu, Nepal

Abstract

Criminal justice in Nepal is stringent when it deals with cases of sexual offence. The law protects the victims' rights and fast tracks trials. Notwithstanding, there has been an increase in the number of reported cases recently. This study highlights the increasing number of reported rape and attempted rape cases in Nepal over the past 20 years and discusses the public health measures aimed at preventing these crimes.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0025817221992630

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