Tackling sexual violence in public places in cities
- The Indian Police Journal
- 68(3), Jul-Sep, 2021: p.62-74
Sexual Violence against women and children in public places has emerged as a global pandemic. It poses a Strategic Leadership Question before the Police Organisation. The paper proposes that CCTNS can be leveraged to bring about a paradigm shift from process-centric functioning to victim-centric functioning and from reactive response to pro-active response by police in such cases. The proposed roadmap involves stepping into the shoes of a victim, leveraging technology and collaboration with other stakeholders including the women and girls navigating a city. The proposed solution empowers women, gives them an agency and makes them partners of Police in improving security scenario- both real and perceived. Strategic leadership question, Sexual violence in public places, Rights based approach, Victim centric functioning, Victim participation in investigation, Victimology, Empathetic understanding, Paradigm-shift, Police reforms, Predictive policing, Data-analytics, Leveraging technology, Preventive policing, Community policing. Women empowerment, Practical gender needs and strategic gender needs.– Reproduced