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Research Paper |
Title |
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A Spatio-temporal Study on Vulnerability of Women to Domestic
Atrocities in the Social Environment of Kolkata City |
Country |
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India |
Authors |
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Anuradha Mukherjee || Ranjan Basu |
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10.9790/0837-2202023441  |
Abstract: Violence against women is a topical concern of the primate city of Kolkata in the State of West
Bengal in India. There has been notable spurt in the incidences of crimes against women between 2001 and
2011 with a decadal growth rate of 8.18 per cent, while an annual growth rate of 80.32 per cent has been
recorded from 2011 to 2012 in Kolkata city according to the reports of National Crimes Records Bureau
(NCRB). Such victimizations take place regardless of age, socio-economic status as well as domestic and
outside domestic frontiers...............
Keywords: - Vulnerability, social environ, domestic violence, dowry deaths, demographic and social status
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