Poor Conviction Rates and Increasing Sexual Crimes Against Women
Abstract
Hypothesis
Poor conviction rate of sexual crimes against women is a major cause of increasing crimes against them.
Justification of Hypothesis
The proposed Hypothesis is assertive and affirmative in character in so far as it gives the premise of poor conviction rates and correlates the same with crimes against women. Factual figures and data have enabled the researchers to choose the said statement as a presumption so as to further the research work and derive at conclusions.
How to cite this article:
Moitra M, Chatterjee A, Bhattacharjee S et al. Poor Conviction Rates and Increasing Sexual Crimes Against Women. Int Jour Law Hum Rights Const Stud 2020; 2(2): 8-18
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Published
2022-07-15
How to Cite
BASU, Sayak et al.
Poor Conviction Rates and Increasing Sexual Crimes Against Women.
International Journal of Law, Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 2, p. 5-15, july 2022.
Available at: <http://thejournalshouse.com/index.php/IntlJ-Law-Humanrights-Consstudy/article/view/169>. Date accessed: 04 mar. 2025.
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Research Article
