Friday, September 28, 2018

Criminology 9: Crime against Women


The term “crime against women‟ literally includes; all the direct/indirect mental/physical cruelty to women. Each and every crime which is aimed specifically against women and in which only women are victims could be characterized as Crime against Women. It is equally important here to clarify the concept of “Violence against women” (VAW). Violence which is also called abuse, includes any sort of misbehave and physical aggression. VAW is a collective term that refers to those violent acts which are exclusively and primarily directed against women. When violence is committed at home it becomes domestic violence and involves family members such as children, spouse, his parents or the parents or relatives of a woman herself.
Let us learn more about VAW in the given video.

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