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  • Verma Committee Full Report Rape, Crime Against Women

    Following is the Report submitted by The Verma Committee .

    Verma Committee Report on Crime against women.
    Verma Committee Report on Crime against women.

     

     

    The Committee was formed  to look into crimes against women on Wednesday ruled against recommending the death penalty even in the rarest of the rare rape cases, and did not favour lowering the age of a juvenile from 18 to 16.

     

    Essential pints.

    No to Death Penalty.

     

    Don’t allow army men to take cover under AFSPA.

     

    “There is an imminent need to review the continuance of the AFSPA and AFSPA-like legal protocols in internal conflict areas as soon as possible,” it said. “This is necessary for determining the propriety of resorting to this legislation in the area(s) concerned.”

     

    “According to the Working Group on Human Rights, the murder rate has declined consistently in India over the last 20 years despite the slowdown in the execution of death sentences since 1980. Hence we do take note of the argument that introduction of death penalty for rape may not have a deterrent effect,” the Committee recommended.

    The Committee also said that in the proposed Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2012, the minimum sentence for punishment for rape should be enhanced to a minimum of 10 years (currently it is 7 years) with maximum punishment being life imprisonment.

    The Committee said castration would be unconstitutional and inconsistent with basic human rights treaties to expose any citizen without their consent to potentially dangerous medical side effects.

    On the issue of reducing the age of a juvenile from 18 to 16, Mr. Verma said: “Assuming that a person at the age of 16 is sent to life imprisonment, he would be released sometimes in the mid-30s. There is little assurance that the convict would emerge a reformed person.”

    The Committee has criticised lack of reformatory and rehabilitation policies in jails and juvenile homes.
    “Personnel guilty of sexual offences in conflict areas should be tried under ordinary criminal law”

     

    Text of the Verma Committe(former chief justice of India Jagdish Sharan Verma)

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    21. It is an admitted fact that women in India have
    suffered in various aspects of life and physical
    health, mental well-being, bodily integrity and
    safety, social relations, political empowerment,
    education and knowledge, domestic work and
    non-market care, paid work and other projects,
    shelter and environment, mobility, leisure
    activities, time autonomy, respect, religion, and if
    we may add, self-esteem / self-autonomy. We are
    of the opinion that Indian women have
    substantially suffered on most of these counts as a
    consequence of which the de facto equality
    guaranteed by the Constitution has not become a
    reality for them.

    . It is shocking to note that even after the recent
    horrific incident of gang rape, many political
    leaders, including members of Parliament/State
    legislatures, spiritual gurus with large followings
    and other eminent persons have been making
    statements reinforcing the gender bias. Some have
    even blamed the victim for having facilitated the
    rape by her own behaviour. Some of the worst
    examples are:
    (i) Shri Anisur Rahman (Communist Party of
    India (Marxist) – West Bengal): “We have
    told the chief minister in the assembly that the
    government will pay money to compensate rape
    victims. What is your fee? If you are raped, what
    will be your fee?”
    (ii) Shri Asaram Bapu: “Only 5-6 people are not
    the culprits. The victim is as guilty as her
    rapists… She should have called the culprits
    brothers and begged before them to stop… This
    could have saved her dignity and life. Can one
    hand clap? I don’t think so,”

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/realtime/justice_js_verma_committee_report.pdf

     

     

  • Punjab Girl Gang Raped Drugged Filmed Thrown Out

    In a shocker a Girl was gang raped, filmed and was thrown out of a moving car.

     

    She is reported to be recovering in a Hospital.

     

    Where is the Police force?

     

    Story:

    Punjab Gang rape.
    Punjab Girl gang raped, Thrown out of car.

    Chandigarh: A 24-year-old woman, currently out on bail in a case, has alleged that she was raped by two men after being abducted from Chandigarh and later thrown out of a car in Bathinda district, police said on Monday.

    In her complaint to the Bathinda Police, the woman has alleged that she was abducted from outside the Sector 43 inter-state bus terminus in Chandigarh on Friday by two women and two men.

    The victim, who hails from Moga district, has alleged that she was raped by two unidentified men and thrown out of a moving car last evening near Sangat Mandi in Bathinda.

    SSP Bathinda Ravicharan Brar said they were looking into case.

    He said the victim had been booked in an attempt to murder case registered in Fazilka, Punjab, a year back.

    She was currently out on bail, Brar told a news agency.

    Giving further details, he said the victim, who is a nurse, was earlier working in Bathinda where she came in contact with a married man, Sunil.

    “Sunil and the victim developed relations. In the meanwhile, Sunil’s wife tested HIV positive. Sunil’s wife lodged a complaint against her husband and the victim (the woman who now alleges rape). While Sunil is still lodged in a jail, this woman (rape victim) was out on bail,” Brar said.

    As per the FIR now lodged by the Bathinda Police, Brar said the woman has claimed that she had gone to Patiala a few days back after a friend her told her about a job interview in Mohali on January 18.

    http://zeenews.india.com/news/punjab/girl-gang-raped-filmed-and-thrown-out-of-moving-car-in-punjab_824154.html

    “She alleges that when she arrived at the Sector 43 bus stand, two women–Sunil’s wife and his mother–and two unknown men who were in the car pulled her inside. She says she was injected some drugs and sedatives. The woman has alleged that she was raped…She was later thrown out of the car,” he said.

     

  • Safety Against Rape, Smartphone Applications Women

    Women need some safety applications when they go out.

     

    There are Applications available compatible with Smartphones.

     

    They can be used in times of Emergency

     

    Some of them are.

    Women Safety Application
    Women Safety Application

    “If you are a college student then this App is especially made for you. This App allows you to alert your friends and family and emergency responders like 911, along with that it also alerts campus police. With this App you can send alerts based on time. Say like, if you didn’t get to home in an hour then this OnWatch App inform your friends and others about your GPS location. You can download this App for iPhone and Android. It enables you a free 90 day trial subscription with .edu mail address and for others it offers 30 day free trial.

    http://onwatchoncampus.com/

     

    2.”Using this CircleOf6 App you can add 6 friends or family members so that they will be informed when you need it. This Application enables you to send a text message to your friends or family members with your current GPS location and a message like ‘Come and Get Me’. If you are low on balance then you can also send out a ‘call me’ message. It can be easily programmed to call selected national hotlines or local emergency numbers. And the good news is that it is Free for iPhone and Android Smartphones.

    Link: http://www.circleof6app.com

     

    3.FightBack, the women’s safety application, sends SOS alerts from your phone. FightBack uses GPS, SMS, location maps, GPRS ,email and your Facebook account to inform your loved ones in case you are in danger. Join us and help make our streets safer for women.
    Write to us on support@fightbackmobile.com

     

    4.By using this Redpanicbutton Application, it allows you to push a central button and generate a security alert, by doing this it will activate immediate contact with emergency services, it will also provide quick details of the current location and along with that it will automatically dials various emergency numbers and sending of panic messages via various communication channels like text message, mails and social networks like Facebook and Twitter. But this Android Free version is for only one panic contact so better buy a full version.

    http://www.redpanicbutton.com/

     

    The general complaint against these applications are  the unreliability of  3 G Services in India.

    People suggest applications not using Internet is needed.

     

    One may also use the Speed dial.

     

    In some of the Applications the location is not specified to the receiver.

     

    Would some one Link it to Google Maps?

     

    I also recommend Pepper Spray Gun.

    Pepper Spray Gun
    Pepper Spray Gun

     

    Link: http://www.healthkart.com/product/knock-out-pepper-spray-key-ring-style/KNOCK001?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=hk_personalcare&gclid=CLbO0e3n7rQCFU966wodsWYABA

     

     

     

     

     

  • Rapes Drinking Media

    I had posted recently  two articles on the Reasons for Rape.

    A rape Poster.
    A rape Poster.

    One post dealt with the publicity seekers and the media coverage which seemed to have only the TRP in its mind.

    And the issue of punishing the accused in th recent Delhi Gang Rape descended  into a free for all for men Bashing and demand for more Freedom for women  to dress and  move about.

    In the din some issues  have been left out.

    One such dangerous influence is Drinking,.

    Rape Statistics US.
    Figure 1. Of the 12.1 million American women who have been raped, nearly 30% were assaulted when they were younger than 11 years old. Another 32% were raped between the ages of 11 and 17; 22% were raped between the ages of 18 and 24; 10% were between the ages of 25 and 28. 6% of rapes occurred in women over the age of 29.

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    Alcohol use by the victim or the perpetrator is frequently associated with acquaintance rape.

    • In one, study 26% of men who acknowledged committing sexual assault admitted that they were intoxicated at the time of the assault, and an additional 29% reported being mildly buzzed—55% were under the influence of alcohol.
    • In the same study 21% of the college women who experienced sexual aggression on a date were intoxicated at the time of the assault, and an additional 32% reported being mildly buzzed—53% were under the influence of alcohol.
    • More than once a minute, 78 times an hour, 1,871 times a day, girls and women in America are raped.

    Sexual assault has nothing to do with passion; it uses power and control to dominate and humiliate victims.

    • 50% of rapists are between the ages of 15 and 24 years old (see Figure 1).
    • Studies consistently conclude that 75% of all assaults are planned.  When three or more assailants are involved, the number climbs to 90%.
    • 78% of rape victims know their attackers.

    The average annual rate of rape and sexual assault among American Indians is 3.5 times higher than for all races.

    • American Indian victims of violence are the most likely of all races of victims to indicate that the offender committed the offense while drinking.
    Race of victim Percent of victims of violence reporting offender drinking (average annual percentage 1992-1996)
    American Indian 46%
    Black 28%
    White 36%
    Asian 22%

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    • Victims of rape and sexual assault often don’t report the crime to the police and often do not report it to anyone.
    • According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, over 70 % of sexual assaults are not reported. For Native women reporting can be really difficult because of the high level of mistrust for white agencies and helpers.  Other reasons Native women do not report sexual assault is the fear of being ostracized by their families, as well as the complicated jurisdictional issues on reservations.
    • The National Violence Against women survey indicated a 15.9 percent victimization rate of American Indian/Alaska Natives by an intimate partner—significantly higher than for women of other races.
    • Of the 854 American Indians convicted in federal court in fiscal year 1997, 20 % were convicted for rape.”

    Now if we look at the coverage of Media on the recent gang rape , how many of them focused on the issue of punishing th guilty?

    They concentrated more who said what on the ‘Rape’

    The jokers who came on the Television channels were interested in cheap publicity and said things more for shock value so that they may be noticed.

    Even those who had the interests of women were crude to the point of calling women names, instead of asking them to be careful.

    This type of coverage is not new.

    Media, including print Media sensationalizes any thing that is perverted.

    Look at the coverage they extend to father/uncles raping a child, women/murdering their husbands with the help of their paramour,

    revealing /nude photographs under the garb of social reporting and Fashion.

    Look at our own Times of India, whose TimesNow cried Foul the most in the recent gang Rape, publishing a Page In Your City showing faceless people showing off cleavage, writing about drinking parties.!

    Now to Investigative reporting.

    In the name of revealing the inner world of Tees the SUn publishes the Diary of Two Teens.

    ”

    Found out that on Friday Hetty got three love bites, two from Luke and one from Jake.

    May 17, 1993: Went to athletics. Tom is such a b*****d. He took my trainers so I took one of his and Katy took the other.

    Then Jake threw one over the fence!

    He took my hair ruffle and went to get his trainers so me and Katy followed him into the boys’ changing rooms and he attacked me with his Lynx (deodorant)…

    It went all in my hair so Katy tipped his pencil case out and we kicked it around and then I got my ruffle back.

    July 1, 1993: Teacher found out about Katy going to an all-night party.

    She thinks she is sleeping with a boy in the year above us and she has to tell her mum. I hope she is OK.

    July 2, 1993: Katy told her mum and she didn’t mind.

    I was surprised but I wish my mum was like that.”

     http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/4744201/my-mad-fat-diary-readers-entries.html#ixzz2I6YpojO6

     

    http://www.montana.edu/wwwai/imsd/alcohol/Vanessa/vwrapefactsheet.htm

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  • Delhi Gang Rape “Not The First Crime of the Accused”

    Shocking to read that the accused of the Delhi Gang Rape, where the Girl Jyoti Singh Pandey previously (referred to as Damini,Nirbhaya)

    are not new to  rape.

    In an interview, to New York Times Dr.Mitra, a Clinical Psychologist  made this out.

    Read his analysis on this case, reasons.

    Very mature and professional amidst mass hysteria.

    Jyoti Singh Pandey, the Delhi gang rape victim
    Jyoti Singh Pandey, the Delhi gang rape victim

    “Take, for example, the recent case, where the rape happened in a bus, the group of men was in a surrounding that was familiar to them, and hence had a sense of security. Rapists also attempt to take total control of the victim, physical and psychological, through physical violations or threats or both.

    When I did the study initially, it was very difficult to get them to talk about the act. They would not acknowledge that they had committed the crime. There was a widespread belief among the offenders that they were going to get away; they thought they would be able to circumvent the system. It was usually their third or fourth crime, and their confidence level that they would be able to get away was very high. Any behavioral psychologist would tell you that this does not come with the first crime.
    There was also almost no sense of guilt or remorse. The general feeling even among the convicted was that they would still manage to get away. Many of them told me that they had appealed to the higher courts, or said they had been framed, or said they had not been careful enough.

    On the Influences for Rape.

    I would say the instances of gang rape have increased in the past five to six years. When a group of men come together, say, for a celebration, their threshold would go down. A lot of these crimes were also committed under the influence of alcohol, which further reduces their discretionary powers. The sense of collective responsibility takes hold, which makes it possible for the individual to do things which he may not ever do alone.

    When they are in a group, they feel a sense of security. For example, if they get caught on the way, let’s say by a policeman, they think they can always pay a bribe and get away. This is possible when the system is corrupt and there is no fear of the rule of law in the criminal mind.
    The decision-making mechanism is also different in a group. There is always someone taking the leadership role and others following. There is usually someone in the group who resists the course of action suggested by the leader, but whose voice is suppressed. Again in the recent case, the reports suggest that the driver of the bus was the one who made the decision and the rest followed.
    Unfortunately, there is very little awareness among the police force in India about the functioning and control of such elements. For example, in a city like Hong Kong, if a group of men are seen driving around in an inebriated state, or are seen on the road behaving in an inappropriate manner, a police vehicle would immediately start trailing them, and they would be made to take an alcohol test and be booked if they had already committed any minor offenses, which could be a step towards preventing a bigger crime. The police are on an active lookout to prevent such situations before they occur.
    Q.
    One of the reasons cited in the rise in the occurrence of these crimes is the empowerment of women, which leads to a backlash from the men. Would you agree?
    A.
    I don’t agree with people who say revenge against women, who are seen as more empowered, now can be seen as a valid reason. It is based on a very patriarchal reasoning which absolves men of any responsibility.
    It is also a subtle way of influencing the criminal justice system, by portraying the women to be somewhat responsible for the crime.
    Q.
    News reports also suggest that most rape victims know their attackers.
    A.
    This understanding of the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator is misleading. How would you say that the woman knows the man? For example, if a man lives in the neighborhood and the women is aware that he lives there, or if they have interacted on some occasions, would you say that they know each other? This is another way of making the crime seem to be of a social-familial nature, or to confine it to the limits of the community and not see a role for the criminal justice system in its redressal.Do you support calls for the death penalty for rapists?

    A.
    I am a bit worried about the protests and the direction they are taking right now. Though I support them, I feel that asking for more severe punishment would not help if we are not ensuring the certainty of punishment. By doing this, on the contrary, we would be loading a criminal justice system which is already falling apart.
    I have testified in nearly 150 such cases in Delhi. I find that there is great impunity and very little fear of rule of law. Most of these types of crimes are preventable.
    Q.
    Does the “naming and shaming” method work?
    A.
    I think that maintaining a database is a good idea, but the whole “name and shame” campaign may not work. It is an antiquated medieval belief, which leads to loss of objectivity. In fact, shaming may not work as a deterrent. It may do exactly the opposite.
    I distinctly remember when the police superintendents attended the group meetings I conducted with the sex offenders in the jail. They would adopt a very moralizing approach to them, and pass statements which are often heard in India, like: Sharam nahi aati? Ghar pe maa behen nahi hai kya? (Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? Do you not have mothers and sisters at your home?) And I remember looking at the offenders themselves, and there would be a gleam in their eyes.
    Which is why this demand for shaming scares me. It has not worked in any part of the world. What we really need is an overhauling of the criminal justice system.
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