In West Bengal last month, thestate assembly passed a lawthat would raise the punishment for rape from the current sentence of at least 10 years to either life imprisonment or execution. The law is largely symbolic because India's criminal code applies uniformly nationwide. However, presidential ...
Indianpolice have charged a man for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor which sparkedwide-scale protests throughout the country.Protests erupted in West Bengal in August to demand justice after the doctor's body was found with multiple injuries in a lecture hall in Kolkata's state-...
S. (2001). Police sexual violence and rape myths civil liability under Section 1983. Journal of Criminal Justice, 389-405.Eschholz, S. and Vaughn, M.S. (2001) Police Sexual Violence and Rape Myths: Civil Liability under Section 1983. Journal of Criminal Justice, 29, 389-405. http://...
These sections of the criminal code are further broken into chapters, each of which contains the text of specific criminal laws which have been passed by the US Congress. Crimes fall into two categories: felonies and misdemeanors. Felonies are the more serious crimes (such as murder, rape, and...
10-27 (Drivers) License Information License / Permit Information Rape Report Subject Wanted 10-28 Vehicle Registration Information Vehicle Information Check Full Registration, License, Motor, Name, Stolen Registration Check 10-29 Check for Wanted Records Check Person with a Gun Check for Warrants 10-...
I tried to report rape, stalking, violence and they told me I asked for it and tried to convince me my abuser was not really hurting me. Because they don’t think women of colour have a humanity, they don’t see us as people who can be abused. Police are evil. As NUM is a ...
Still Making Their Own Rules: Ongoing Impunity for Police Beatings, Rape, and Torture in Papua New Guinea We recommend that the government of Papua New Guinea take the following immediate steps. First the government should strengthen the internal affairs direct... hrw - 《New York New York Hum...
Because media usually depicts BDSM as violent or dangerous, people without a lot of exposure to kink may not think there is much difference between rape culture and bondage enthusiasts. The 1987 British Spanner trials, for example, convicted a group of gay men for assault occasioning bodily harm...
in which more than 100 officers were collectively convicted of 56 charges of third-degree assault, 45 charges of second-degree assault, as well as multiple charges of criminal neglect, oppression, and attempted rape. Only four officers were dismissed as a result, three because they’d assaulte...
261 Rape 261A Attempted rape 273A Child neglect 273D Wife beating - Felony 288 Lewd conduct 311 Indecent exposure 314 Indecent exposure 374B Illegal dumping 390 Drunk 390D Drunk, unconscious 415 Disturbance 417 Person with a gun 417A Person with a knife 459 Burglary 459A Burglar alarm 459S...