CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA: TREND AND REGIONAL VARIATION

In Indian society, woman occupies a vital position and vulnerable place. The Vedas glorified women as the mother, the creator, and one who gives life and worshipped her as a Goddess. But in practically their glorification is just a myth. A numbers of researches are beginning to offer a global overview of the extent of violence against women. In this paper we try to investigate the trend and regional variation of crime against women in India since 1995. The study is based on secondary data collected from “Crime in India” published by “National Crime Records Bureau Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India”. The study uses tolls like regression and analysis of variance to find the concerned objective. The study shows that the violence of crime against women highest in Northern Region and lowest in Western Region. The study also shows a wide variation in the trend of such crime across states.