REVIEW ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN NASHIK REGION.
S. V. Patil*, J. P. Raut, N. R. Gosavi and S.A. Shinde
ABSTRACT
The present study was carried out from Biology division of Regional
Forensic Science Laboratory Nashik, Total 15644 Cases were collected
for this study purpose of last five years. 5021 i. e. 32.10% cases were
history of crime against woman and children from total received cases.
Nashik region which include five districts; those are Ahmednagar,
Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Nashik. Violence against women
represents sexual offences, dowry death, female foeticides, domestic
violence and sexual harassment while violence against children
represents child abuse, infanticides and sex selective abortion. woman
and children constitute about 75% of the global population but they
have been socially, economically, physically, psychologically and
sexually exploited from time to time.
Keywords: Violence, foeticides, child abuse, spouse, abduction and Eve-teasing.
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