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- Coordinates of safety (Free Available)
- Searching for an equilibrium (Free Available)
- A pivot to China? (Free Available)
- Why air power was not used in 1962 (Free Available)
- Time to move towards a new litigation policy (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- A chance to recalibrate ties (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Justice beyond borders (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Getting real on climate (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Rising dollar, falling rupee (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Rerailing the Indian Railways (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- No complacency on Zika (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Treat contempt with contempt (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Close out the war on corruption (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- No country for the Rohingyas (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- In search of a new red corridor (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- The gathering crisis in Seoul (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Finally, a step towards change (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- India’s missing girl children (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- HIV: The self-test option (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Making of a legislative court (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- A road map for the CBI (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- Notes for a cashless economy (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- The heart of the problem (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- The RBI’s big surprise (Only for Online Coaching Members)
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- Europe walks a tightrope (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- South Korea at a crossroads (Only for Online Coaching Members)
- A brutal victory in Aleppo (Only for Online Coaching Members)
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Coordinates of safety
If we go by the National Crime Records Bureau reports, incidence of serious crimes against women rose from 237 per day in 2001 to 313 per day in 2015. These crimes include rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry deaths and cruelty by husbands and relatives. Minor girls, adolescent and old women are frequently victims of brutal rapes and murders. Of these crimes, 30 per cent were rapes (including intent to rape). Higher incidence of crimes during 2001-2015 coupled with low conviction rate of 21 per cent of cases reported suggests that women are more vulnerable to serious crimes.
Women’s vulnerability varies enormously across States. Incidence of serious crimes was as high as 75 per lakh women in Delhi in 2015 as against approximately 5 per lakh women in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. There are huge gaps in incidence of crimes between the three worst and the three best States. The three worst States in 2001 — Delhi, Haryana and Assam — remained largely unchanged in 2015, with Assam replacing Haryana as the second worst State. The best performers, however, changed during this period. Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Sikkim displayed the lowest incidence of crimes in 2001 but the top two were replaced by Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in 2015. However, across States, the overall concentration of serious crimes did not change significantly. For example, the three States (Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra) that accounted for 37 per cent of the crimes in 2001 were responsible for a slightly lower share of 34 per cent in 2015.