chaitanya shreeMY VIEW ON RAPE CASES
I REQUEST TO GOVT OF INDIA AND ALL STATE GOVERNMENTS TO PREVENT SEX CRIMES NEEDS GOOD LAWS .IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT WILL DETER RAPISTS?
MAKING DEATH THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RAPE.THE CURRENT LAW STATES THAT THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE IS LIFE IMPRISONMENT.FOR A RAPIST LIFE IMPRISONMENT TO DEATH WILL HAV A MINIMAL IMPACT. CRIMINOLOGY STUDIES REVEAL , RATHER, THAT DETERRENCE IN ANY CRIME IS BASED ON THREE FACTORS. FIRSTLY, THE CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT, SECONDLY, THE TIME IT TAKES TO PUNISH, AND FINALLY THE PENALTY. IN THIS COUNTRY, 4 PERCENT OF FIR'S RESULT IN CONVICTION. SECONDLY, PROSECUTION TIME IS USUALLY FOUR YEARS OR MORE.SO THE RAPIST OR POTENTIAL RAPIST KNOWS THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF PUNISHMENT IS TENUOUS, AND THAT IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET THERE.THERE FORE ,INCREASING THE PENALTY FROM LIFE IMPRISONMENT TO DEATH WILL HAVE AN IMPERCEPTIBLE EFFECT. ANOTHER THING, RIGHT NOW THE FIGHT AGAINST RAPE BRINGS TOGETHER WOMEN'S GROUPS, ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS.BY PRESCRIBING THE DEATH PENALTY, YOU MIGHT LOSE THE SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS FOLK.
MAKING DEATH THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON RAPE.THE CURRENT LAW STATES THAT THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE IS LIFE IMPRISONMENT.FOR A RAPIST LIFE IMPRISONMENT TO DEATH WILL HAV A MINIMAL IMPACT. CRIMINOLOGY STUDIES REVEAL , RATHER, THAT DETERRENCE IN ANY CRIME IS BASED ON THREE FACTORS. FIRSTLY, THE CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT, SECONDLY, THE TIME IT TAKES TO PUNISH, AND FINALLY THE PENALTY. IN THIS COUNTRY, 4 PERCENT OF FIR'S RESULT IN CONVICTION. SECONDLY, PROSECUTION TIME IS USUALLY FOUR YEARS OR MORE.SO THE RAPIST OR POTENTIAL RAPIST KNOWS THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF PUNISHMENT IS TENUOUS, AND THAT IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET THERE.THERE FORE ,INCREASING THE PENALTY FROM LIFE IMPRISONMENT TO DEATH WILL HAVE AN IMPERCEPTIBLE EFFECT. ANOTHER THING, RIGHT NOW THE FIGHT AGAINST RAPE BRINGS TOGETHER WOMEN'S GROUPS, ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS.BY PRESCRIBING THE DEATH PENALTY, YOU MIGHT LOSE THE SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS FOLK.
WHY RAPISTS ARE NOT CAUGHT?
TO LOOK AT WHY RAPISTS ARE NOT CAUGHT, DETERRED OR CONVICTED.HOW DO U DEAL WITH THOSE SITUATIONS. YOU COULD START BY LOOKING AT THE 1861 POLICE ACT. ITS PRIMARY FOCUS WAS LAW AND ORDER SO THAT THE RULERS-THE BRITISH AT THE TIME -COULD PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND PERSONS AGAINST THE INDIAN MASSES. UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE THE RULERS HAVE CHANGED,THE LAWS REMAIN THE SAME.
TO LOOK AT WHY RAPISTS ARE NOT CAUGHT, DETERRED OR CONVICTED.HOW DO U DEAL WITH THOSE SITUATIONS. YOU COULD START BY LOOKING AT THE 1861 POLICE ACT. ITS PRIMARY FOCUS WAS LAW AND ORDER SO THAT THE RULERS-THE BRITISH AT THE TIME -COULD PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND PERSONS AGAINST THE INDIAN MASSES. UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE THE RULERS HAVE CHANGED,THE LAWS REMAIN THE SAME.
IS THE POLICE ILL- EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH RAPE IN THIS COUNTRY?
IN 1979 NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION REPORT HAS ALREADY POINTED OUT WHAT WE NEED A MORE PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATED FORCE. THEY, NEED TO WORK IN PROPER SHIFTS,THEY MUST BE GIVEN SUFFICIENT PAY SO THAT THEY HAVE A STAKE IN SOCIETY.FROM THE STANDPOINT OF RAPE, THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE IS THE NEED FOR SPECIALIZATION AND TRAINING.UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS RIGHT NOW, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, A SUB - INSPECTOR WILL BE TOLD TO INVESTIGATE AND SOLVE A CAR THEFT ONE DAY, A FINANCIAL EMBEZZLEMENT THE NEXT DAY, A RAPE THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND BE PUTIN CHARGE OF VIP BODY- GUARD DUTY AFTER THAT.EACH OF THOSE JOBS IN FACT REQUIRE SEPARATE SKILLS AND EXPERTISE. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW WHAT SCIENTIFIC AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE TO LOOK FOR, WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK. SIMILARLY, THE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS ALSO NEED SPECIAL TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WELL WITH THE POLICE. FINALLY, THERE MUST ALSO BE TRAINING AND LICENCING OF FORENSIC DOCTORS AND NURSES ON HOW NOT TO LOSE EVIDENCE. JUST THAT SOMEONE WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL IS NOT ENOUGH.
IN 1979 NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION REPORT HAS ALREADY POINTED OUT WHAT WE NEED A MORE PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATED FORCE. THEY, NEED TO WORK IN PROPER SHIFTS,THEY MUST BE GIVEN SUFFICIENT PAY SO THAT THEY HAVE A STAKE IN SOCIETY.FROM THE STANDPOINT OF RAPE, THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE IS THE NEED FOR SPECIALIZATION AND TRAINING.UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS RIGHT NOW, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, A SUB - INSPECTOR WILL BE TOLD TO INVESTIGATE AND SOLVE A CAR THEFT ONE DAY, A FINANCIAL EMBEZZLEMENT THE NEXT DAY, A RAPE THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND BE PUTIN CHARGE OF VIP BODY- GUARD DUTY AFTER THAT.EACH OF THOSE JOBS IN FACT REQUIRE SEPARATE SKILLS AND EXPERTISE. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW WHAT SCIENTIFIC AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE TO LOOK FOR, WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK. SIMILARLY, THE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS ALSO NEED SPECIAL TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WELL WITH THE POLICE. FINALLY, THERE MUST ALSO BE TRAINING AND LICENCING OF FORENSIC DOCTORS AND NURSES ON HOW NOT TO LOSE EVIDENCE. JUST THAT SOMEONE WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL IS NOT ENOUGH.
THE DECLARATION FOR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME, ADOPTED BY THE UN IN 1994, TALKS ABOUT THE NEED FOR JUDICIAL PROCESS IN EVERY COUNTRY TO PROTECT A VICTIM'S PRIVACY. EVEN BOSNIA HAS CHANGED ITS LAW.INDIA IS CLEARLY NOT KEEPING THE MODERN TREND OF PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC NATIONS.
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