dealers, professional thieves, prostitutes, police, public school security guards and teens in the city of Chicago …, robberies, arrests and confiscated crime guns. We find evidence of considerable frictions in the underground market for guns in …

Gender discrimination manifests itself as violence in the family, community, and society. It takes the forms of female … foeticide, female infanticide, abuse of the girl child, social harassment, mental torture, physical violence, and cruelty … affecting body and mind of women. The present study attempts to examine the causes and extent of domestic violence as well as …

) early school leaving; iii) risky sexual behavior leading to early childbearing and HIV/AIDS; iv) crime and violence; v …

Domestic violence is recognised as a serious violation of women’s basic rights. Conventional economic models of … domestic violence suggest that higher participation by women in the labour force leads to a decrease in domestic violence. This … paper studies the relationship between women employment and domestic violence in India. A nationally representative database …

disbursement of micro finance to women reduces the incidence of domestic violence, and if so, under what circumstances. [WCD]. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/]. …

This Act ensures a prompt and just legal remedy for the victims of domestic violence; facilitate access to remedies for … immediate and effective assistance, shelter homes and protection to the victims of domestic violence and to introduce measures …

Recognizing that the domestic violence is a serious social evil; that there is incidence of domestic violence within … Bhutanese Society; that victims of domestic violence are the most vulnerable members of society; that women constitute the … majority of the victim of domestic violence; The purpose of this Act to ensure a prompt and just legal remedy for the victims …