ASSESSMENT OF CRIME AGAINST WOMEN OCCURRED IN SEASONS OF DARJEELING DISTRICT.

Crime has become a serious concern for everyone living in the society in the modern time (Zenelaj.et.al 2013).As per NCRB, any crime specifically committed against women is characterised as ?crimes against women?. In this paper an attempt has been made to know the spatial variation of crimes against women occurring in four seasons of the study area, Darjeeling. Analysis and findings were based on secondary data collected from Superintendent of Police office, and Siliguri Police Commissionerate office, Siliguri, Darjeeling. Among the four seasons maximum crime against women was committed during Monsoon (37.12) per cent followed by Summer (26.05) per cent, Winter (20.22) per cent, and Autumn (16.62) per cent. Highest incidences of torture (41.65) per cent, rape (37.06) per cent, molestation (34.93) per cent, kidnapping & abduction (33.97) per cent took place in Rainy season. The victims of molestation and kidnapping & abduction were mostly convicted between the time-cycle of 16-20hrs in all four seasons and rape victims were victimized during 12-16hrs in summer and winter season and during 16-20hrs in autumn and winter seasons. The victims of molestation mostly victimized were from the ages between 6-30 years, victims of kidnapped & abducted were from 6-18 years and rape victims were from the age between below 10yrs to 18yrs.