New Delhi: Amid nationwide outcry over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in the national capital, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has formulated guidelines for prevention of child abuse in the country. "Child abuse is a crime against one of the most vulnerable sections of our society our children. It is a crime that leaves permanent damage on psyche of children and robs them of their innocence. Hence, the most important need to address is the issue of prevention," a DCPCR official said.
According to a NCRB report for 2011, Delhi accounts for 12.8 per cent of crimes against children and 4.8 per cent of rape committed on children. Currently, there are two major legislations that deal with the issue of child abuse The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 pertaining to juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection, and the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, 2012. However, neither of the legislations specifically focuses on the aspect of prevention.
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01:33 AM, Apr 24, 2013
In an attempt to name and shame rapists, the government has decided to prepare a data base of all rape convicts across the country and their photographs, names and addresses would be made public. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said he has directed the National Crime Records Bureau to prepare a directory of all rape convicts and upload their photographs, names and addresses on its website. ...
06:39 PM, Dec 27, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi lives up to its notoriety for being the most unsafe place for women, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics which gives figures for 2011. Other cities do not come remotely close. More rapes were reported from Delhi (572) than from Mumbai (221), Kolkata (46), Chennai (76), Bangalore (97) and Hyderabad (59) put together. The figures for some other prominent cities were: Pune (79),...
02:02 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Bangalore: Rubbishing media claims that crimes in the city against women are on the rise, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) DCP S N Sidramappa on Thursday advised them not to believe the records furnished by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Do not comment without studying the statistics. The National Crime Records Bureau counts even cases filed under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act as crimes against women. That is the...
12:24 PM, Aug 03, 2012
Bangalore: When it comes to crimes against women, the other parts of the state are not lagging behind the capital, which stood second after Delhi in the NCRB report released recently. In the last five years the number of crimes against women " atrocities, outraging the modesty of women, murder, chain snatching, etc. " has doubled in Karnataka. According to the NCRB report, Karnataka stands 10th in the country in...
10:59 AM, Jul 25, 2012
Kollam: The troubled lives of the people in the city have come to the fore with the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) the previous week, which placed Kollam city on top of the list in suicide rate. Express had reported on Thursday about the position of the city as the suicide capital of the country, with 39.3 suicide cases per one lakh persons during the previous...
12:31 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Kollam: Even as Kollam city gained the dubious distinction as the suicide capital of the country by recording the highest suicide rate among the 52 major cities, the authorities remained blissfully unaware of the new status. As per the 2011 data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, the suicide rate in the city with a population of 11.1 lakh stood at 39.3 per cent, with 436 persons committing suicide...
01:48 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Chennai: It is Chennai - not Mumbai or Malda - which has emerged as a hub for circulating counterfeit currency if one were to go by the Crimes in India 2011 report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Statistics in the report reveals that Chennai had witnessed the most number of counterfeit currency cases among all cities in the country last year. While at the pan-India level, the...
12:13 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Chennai: The roads of Chennai seem to be getting deadlier by the day. According to statistics in the recently released report titled Accidental Death and Suicides in India (ADSI 2011), prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau, Chennai has recorded the highest number of road accidents. The number is a staggering 9,845 cases in the year 2011. This is the highest among 53 cities in the country last year, and...
02:09 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Chennai: The next time you upload any sensitive information in your computer or smart phone, be extra careful. Cyber spooks are on the prowl to outsmart your smart phone and steal your data. And, going by statistics, the number of such crimes have nearly doubled in the country every passing year. Quite on the contrary, the incidence of such online crimes in Tamil Nadu seem to be throwing up a...
11:59 AM, Jul 05, 2012
Bangalore: Bangalore may be proud of its achievements in various fields, but its glory is dimmed by the number of crimes against women. A recent National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report shows that Bangalore is slowly emerging as the crime capital of the country. The NCRB-2011 report ranks Bangalore second, after Delhi, in terms of incidence and rate of crime against women during 2011, as compared to other major cities....
11:20 AM, Jul 04, 2012
NEW DELHI: Going by the number of cases of crimes against women, Andhra Pradesh has emerged as the most unsafe place among the four South Indian states, according to data collated by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Andhra Pradesh fared the worst on incidents of rape and sexual offences on all aspects including number of cases reported and number of persons arrested, charge-sheeted and convicted. In fact, the state...
12:35 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Kochi: The Kochi city police has come down heavily against the press reports on the new NCRB statistics. The latest NCRB data shows that Kochi city has the highest incidence of crime in the country. Stating that the data was 'misleading', Kochi City Police Commissioner M R Ajith Kumar has come up with a statement attributing the high incidence of crime to a rise in the reportage of minor crimes...
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