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Crime and Gender: Arguments for Gender Neutral Laws regarding Sexual Offences

Dec 5, 2015

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Soumyaditya Dasgupta

in Gender

By Soumyaditya Dasgupta, WBNUJS. Crime is considered to be a ‘gendered’ phenomenon. Criminal offenders tend to be mostly men. The number of female offenders are far fewer than that of male offenders[1]. So does it mean that females do not commit crimes? Or the number of crimes committed by women are less reported? Or are…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Report: A Critical Analysis

Oct 14, 2014

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LexQuest Foundation

in Health Care

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has issued guidelines and protocols for the medico-legal care of survivors or victims of sexual violence. By the introduction of these guidelines the need for the uniformity in approach, treatment and documentation procedures in case of sexual offences may be fulfilled.