Crime against women – a qualitative analysis

Crime is a forbidden act, which exists in our society since time immemorial; all the time prohibited acts were executed against weaker sections of the society. One among such weaker section is women. UDHR Article 7 and Article 14 of Indian Constitution speak about EQUALITY before law, but women are facing a lot of problem from the fetus to their deathbed. So many laws and legislations were made to safeguard the women, but the crime against her is steadily increasing day by day, year by year. There is an increase of 26.7% in the crime Rate for crime committed against women in all India, whereas, the proportion of IPC Crimes committed against women is increased to 11.2% during the year 2013 respectively. Hence, the present paper will critically analyse the crime data of the last five years and will try to find out the causes and suggest some preventive measures for the crime against women.