Domestic violence in India – A sociological study

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  • Renu Assistant Professor (Sociology) C.R.K. College, Jind Haryana.

Keywords:

Domestic violence, honor killing, rape incidence rates

Abstract

Domestic violence is associated with violence suffered by a person from a blood relative in general and the violence suffered by a woman by her male members of the family in particular. As the report of a survey held in 2005 the domestic violence was 33.5% and 8.5% for sexual violence among women aged 15 to 59. The report of 2012 National Crime Records Bureau indicates crime rate of 46 per lakhs, Rape rate of 0.7 per lakhs and the dowry homicide rate of 0.7 per 1 lakhs and the domestic atrocities by husband or his relatives as per 5.9 per 100000. These reported homicide (6.2 per 100000 globally), crime and rape incidence rates per 100000 women for most nations.

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Published

2017-09-30

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Renu. (2017). Domestic violence in India – A sociological study. Universal Research Reports, 4(3), 29–32. Retrieved from https://urr.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/115

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2017): Volume 4 | Issue 3 | 2017

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