Releasing the Tide: How Has a Shock to the Acceptability of Gender-Based Sexual Violence Affected Rape Reporting to Police in India?

National household data suggest that more than four million women in India have experienced nonspousal rape. Fewer than 1.5% of victims of sexual violence in India report their assaults to police, though there is some indication of increased rape reporting to police following a very high-profile fat...

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Main Author: McDougal, Lotus (Author)
Contributors: Krumholz, Samuel ; Bhan, Nandita ; Bharadwaj, Prashant ; Raj, Anita
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 11/12, Pages: NP5921-NP5943
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
anything related to sexual assault
reporting/disclosure
media and violence
cultural contexts
Sexual Assault