Dissertation

A DISSERTATION ON
“WOMEN AS A VICTIM OR AS A SURVIVOR”
SUBMITTED TO THE
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ UNIVERSITY
IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF

THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF
MASTERS
IN LAW (LL.M) 2021-2022
BY
RESEARCHER NAME: KAZI MOHAMMAD JUNAID
ENROLMENT NO: 204111181409
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF

DR. AVANI MISTRY
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
UNIVERSITY
PANVEL, NAVI MUMBAI 410216
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DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE
I declare that this dissertation / project work titled "women as a victim or as a

survivor" is my own work in which I gathered information and data from and
through various articles and resources on the Internet as well as by conducting
interviews with a number of women victims conducted under the supervision of
Dr. Avani Mistry and the co-supervision of Dr. Bhanu Saxena and that I have
put in more than 600 Hrs Attendance in meetings with the supervisor.
I further declare and assert that, to the best of my personal knowledge,

information, and belief, that this dissertation / project work contains no part of
any work that has been submitted for the award of any degree by this university
or any other institution in India.
Date: Researcher Name: Kazi Mohammad Junaid
Place: Enrollment Number: 204111181409
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CERTIFICATE OF THE SUPERVISOR
It is certified that this dissertation / project work entitled as “Women as victim

or as a survivor” is an original research work done by Mr. Kazi Mohammad
Junaid under my supervision for the degree of Masters in LAW to be awarded
by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University, Panvel, India and that the candidate
has put the attendance of more than 200 days / 600 hrs. with me.
To the best of my knowledge and belief this thesis
I. Embodies the work of candidate himself,
II. Has duly been completed,
III. Fulfills the requirements of the ordinance related to LL.M Degree of the
university
and,
IV. It is up to the standard in respect of both content and language for being referred
to the examiner.
DATE: SIGNATURE OF THE SUPERVISOR
PLACE: DR. AVANI MISTRY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express unequivocal thanks to God for providing me courage to complete the said
research work, without whose blessings I wouldn’t have been at the position, where
I am today. I thank my family members for their grace and blessings in the
completion of this research successfully.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to my visionary research

guides and mentors DR. AVANI MISTRY my research supervisor and co-
supervisor DR. BHANU SAXENA, who have devoted their valuable time thereby
providing invaluable guidance throughout this research.
Last but not the least, my implied thanks to all those who are not named, as it is
impossible to name everyone and I also appreciate the affectionate, valuable co-
operation and help of my colleagues.
RESEARCHER NAME: MR. KAZI MOHAMMAD JUNAID.
ENROLMENT NO: 204111181409.
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PLAGIARISM REPORT
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ABSTRACT
According to study, women who have been sexually assaulted once are more
likely to be sexually raped again (re-victimized). The likelihood of a woman
being re-victimized is influenced by social support, personal behaviour, and
psychological health. According to this study, a woman's self-perception as a
sexual assault victim or survivor is influenced by a combination of these
qualities. This self-perception determines re-victimization. Twenty women were
interviewed to learn more about their experiences as victims or survivors.
Mentality and re-victimization have a link. The incident had far-reaching
consequences for all of the ladies involved. As a result of unfavourable
consequences, some women adopt a victim mentality. Some women were able to
find the bright side of their abuse and developed a survivor mentality as a result.
The negative consequences of the original victimisation, as well as the victim
attitude that evolved as a result of the poor results, were associated to re-
victimization. Non-re-victimization motives were comparable to non-re-
victimization motives, and they were associated to positive attack outcomes and
the survivor attitude that resulted from the positive outcomes. The general views
and behaviours of a sexual assault victim influence whether she sees herself as a
victim or a survivor, which has a significant impact on her risks of re-
victimization.
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TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
IPC Indian Penal Code 1860
Etc Ex carta
& And
Vs. Versus
Ors. others
i.e. That is
u/s Under section
AIR All india reporter
SCC Supreme court cases
e.g. example
No. Number
FGM Female genital mutilation
PIL Public interest litigation
ATSA Association for the treatment of sexual

abusers
CDC Center for disease control and prevention
WHO World health organization.
POCSO Protection of children from sexual

offences.
WHO World health organization.
NCBI National center for biotechnology

information.
IPS Indian police service.
IAS Indian Administrative service.
Cr.P.C. Criminal procedure code.
IAF Indian Air Force.
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LIST OF AUTHORITIES
1. Madhu kishwar & Ors. Etc Vs State of Bihar & Ors.
2. State of Maharashtra Vs Bharat Shanti Lal Shah & Ors.
3. Devanand Vs State.
4. Tukaram and Arr Vs State of Maharashtra.
5. Prabhakar Mohite and Anr Vs The State of Maharashtra and Anr.
6. Nishanth harishchandra salvi Vs The State of Maharashtra.
7. Mukherjee Vs Vodafone Essar Ltd & Ors.
8. Rohit Vedpaul Kaushal Vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
9. Bhiku Tukaram Jadhav Vs The State of Maharashtra.
10. Usha Badri Poonawalla Vs K. Kurien Babu.
11. Suryanelli Rape Case Kerala 1996.
12. State of Maharashtra Vs Rajendra J Gandhi.
13. Roshni Manoj Patil Vs State Of Maharashtra.
14. Mukesh and Anr Vs State for NCT of Delhi and Anr.
15. Ajay katara Vs State of UP and Anr.
16. Rupeshwar Tanti Vs State of Assam.
17. Tarunjit Tejpal Vs the State of Goa.
18. Prof. P.J. Kurien Vs State of Kerala.
19. State Vs Shiv Kumar Yadav.
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LIST OF STATUES
1. Child marriage restraint Act.
2. Protection of women from domestic violence, Act.
3. The Hindi Widow remarriage Act, 1856.
4. Hindu women right to property Act, 1937.
5. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
6. The national commission for women Act, 1990.
7. The prohibition of child marriage Act, 2006.
8. The sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention and
redressal) Act, 2006.
9. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
10. The factories Act, 1948.
11. Maternity benefit Act, 1961.
12. Equal remuneration Act, 1976.
13. MTP Act, 1971.
14. Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
15. THEINDIANPENALCODE, 1860.
16. The Indecent Representation of Women Prohibition Act, 1986.
17. THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page. 01
Declaration by the candidate. 02
Certificate of the supervisor. 03
Acknowledgement. 04
Plagiarism Report. 05
Abstract. 06
Table of Abbreviations. 07
List of Authorities. 08
List of Statues. 09
Table of Content. 10-11
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

I. Prevalence of the problem. 12-13
II. Statement of the problem. 13-14
III. Purpose of the study. 14-111
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

I. Survivor or Victim. 15-16
II. Re-victimization defined. 16-16
III. Social support. 17-19
IV. Personal behavior. 19-20
V. Psychological health. 20-23
VI. Conclusion. 23-23
VII. Research question. 24-24
CHAPTER THREE: METHODS

I. Sampling / Participants. 25-25
II. Interview Schedule. 25-26
III. Designs. 26-27
IV. Questionnare design and Rationale. 27-29
V. Limitations. 29-31
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS

I. Introduction to the participants. 31-33
II. Introduction to results. 33-34
Victim thoughts
I. Believed she deserved it. 34-35
II. Negative self-perception. 35-35
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III. Sexual remission . 35-36
IV. Personal relations and perceptions. 36-37
Survivor thoughts
I. Moving on from the assault. 37-37
II. Empowered by the assault and experience. 38-38
III. Positive impact on her character. 38-39
CHAPTER FIVE: ARTICLES AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS

I. Compensation scheme for women victim / 39-54
Survivor
of sexual assault/other crimes-2018 drafted by
NALSA.
II. Stopping Rape 2015 by Sylvia Walby, 54-71
Philippa
Olive, Jude Towers, etc.
III. The immoral traffic prevention Act, 1956. 71-79
IV. The indecent representation 80-84
of
women(prohibition) Act, 1986.
V. The sexual harassment of women at 84-87
work
place(prevention, prohibition, and redressal) Act,
2013.
VI. Indian Penal Code, 1860 Section 354 to 88-94
Section
354D.
CHAPTER SIX: CASE STUDY
I. Suryanelli Rape Case, Kerala 1996. 95-104
CHAPTER SEVEN: DISCUSSION,

CONCLUSION, REFERENCES
I. Discussion. 104-106
II. Conclusion. 106-109
III. References. 110-113
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
PREVALENCE OF THE PROBLEM & ISSUE
The frequency of sexual assault is one of our society's most serious issues today.
Official police records of female sexual assault diverge significantly from real
female sexual assault. According to the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), 58.6 per
100,000 females in India were forcibly raped (including attempts or attacks to
commit rape) in 2008. (INDIAN Department of Justice, 2009). According to the
NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey), 140 girls over the age of 12 were
raped or sexually assaulted in 2008, however only 47% were reported to the
authorities (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009). While these figures are alarming,
the true rate of rape is significantly greater than what the NCVS reports since the
NCVS only collects data from women who admit to being sexually attacked or
raped. Furthermore, because the NCVS only gathers data on children aged 12 and
above, children under the age of 12 who are sexually attacked or raped are
excluded from these figures.
When it comes to the topic of sexual assault and rape in our culture, there are a
few key questions to consider: What is the definition of sexual assault? What
exactly constitutes rape? Who is at risk of attracting a voyeur's attention, being
sexually attacked, or being raped? What happens after a rape has taken place?
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (2010), sexual assault is defined as
"attacks or attempted assaults involving unwelcome sexual contact between the
victim and the perpetrator." Sexual assaults might entail force or not, and can
include things like grasping or fondling. Verbal threats are frequently included in
sexual assault. (p.7)
It is logical to infer that many women have been sexually attacked and have never
reported it to the police, based on this criterion. Here's an example of a regular
incidence of sexual assault by definition: a lady comes into a pub and gets
squeezed on the buttocks by a male.
This is a case of sexual assault that is unlikely to be reported to the authorities.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (2010) defines rape as follows: Forced sexual
intercourse that includes both psychological and physical compulsion... Incidents
involving a foreign object, such as a bottle, are also included in this category.
Attempted rapes are included, as well as verbal threats of rape. (p.7) According to
this definition of rape, a woman may not even realise she has been raped in many
cases. For example, if a boyfriend threatens to split up with his girlfriend until she
has sex with him, this is psychological coercion and, by definition, rape.. Many
young women in situations like these don't think they've been raped and don't
report it to the police or fill out a victimisation survey.
Sexual assault and rape may happen to any woman. However, a woman who has
been raped or sexually attacked, whether as a child or as an adult, is much more
vulnerable to another rape or sexual assault (i.e. re-victimization). Re-
victimization occurs in 15 percent to 72 percent of victims of child sexual abuse,
teenage sexual assault, and adult sexual assault (Mason, Ullman, Long, Long, &
Starzynski, 2009).
According to a Department of Justice analysis, women who were not raped before
the age of 18 had a 9% victimisation rate, whereas women who had been raped
before the age of 18 were twice as likely to be raped after the age of 18, with an
18% re-victimization rate (Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998).
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM & ISSUE
According to research, re-victimization is more probable than first-time

victimisation. There are several hypotheses as to why re-victimization happens,
and re-victimization literature is abundant. Various factors associated with re-
victimization have been studied, including social support (Macy, Nurius, &
Norris, 2006; Ullman, Starzynski, Long, Mason, & Long, 2008; Phanichrat &
Townshend, 2010; Ullman, 1996; Mason et al., 2009), self-blame and/or self-
perception (Burt, 1980; Niehaus, Jackson, and Davies, 2010), substance use (Kil
(Messman-Moore, Ward, & Brown, 2009; Fortier, DiLillo, Messman-Moore,
Peugh, DeNardi, & Gaffey, 2009). Many studies look at re-victimization and one
or more other aspects, but none of them look at all of the elements that contribute
to re-victimization (Macey et al., 2006; Mason et al., 2009;; Combs-Lane &
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Smith, 2002; Messman- Moore, Walsh, & DiLillo, 2010; Phanichrat &
Townshend, 2010; Niehaus et al., 2010). It would be foolish to believe that re-
victimization is caused solely by one reason. It's a mix of situational conditions
and ounselling habits, rather than a single component. When these indicators are
combined in a single research study, the capacity to predict re-victimization and
protect women against re-victimization improves dramatically.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
In this study, 20 participants will be interviewed in depth to understand more

about their victimisation and if their victimisation and self-perception lead to a
second victimisation. The current study is an exploratory research design with
the goal of identifying the most essential combination components. Using
elements that have been linked to re-victimization in past studies (e.g., social
support, self-blame, social reactions, substance use, alcohol use, risk taking
ounselli, risky sexual ounselli, acknowledgment status, PTSD symptoms, and
coping strategies). The interviews will be analysed to see if five of these criteria,
when paired with victim or survivor self-perception, made them more vulnerable
to re-victimization or protected them from it.. Many of these variables are linked,
such as societal reactions to a woman's victimisation and alcohol use, or
acknowledgement status and PTSD symptomology. Previous study has shown
that each of these elements has a strong link to re-victimization. This study will
investigate how each component affected the victim, how these variables
influenced her self- perception, and which ones she feels had the most impact on
her re-victimization or non-re-victimization. The primary issues of re-
victimization, survivor or victim mindset, and women's self-perception will be
evaluated. According to the findings, a sexual assault victim's general attitudes
and behaviours affect whether she regards herself as a victim or a survivor, which
has a substantial impact on her chances of recovery re-victimization. Various
traits connected with a woman considering herself as a victim predispose her to
re-victimization, whereas features associated with a woman viewing herself as a
survivor shield her from re- victimization, according to prior study.
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CHAPTER TWO 1
LITERATURE REVIEW
SURVIVOR OR VICTIM
Many variables might lead to a person's re-victimization after they have been
sexually abused. Social support, self-blame, social reactions, substance use,
alcohol use, risk taking ounselli, risky sexual ounselli, acknowledgment status,
PTSD symptoms, and coping strategies all have an impact on a woman's
experience following a sexual assault and determine whether she is a survivor or
a victim. A woman who has been sexually assaulted and is supported by her
family and the authorities, blames the attacker rather than herself, avoids
substance misuse and alcohol abuse, avoids dangerous outings, and employs
constructive coping mechanisms is far less likely to be re-victimized. Healthy
management techniques can aid a woman's understanding of her victimisation.
She has the opportunity to live (survive) in a way that puts her less at danger of
being re- victimized if she can better comprehend her victimisation. A person
who does not recognise her victimisation has little chance of changing the
situation she is in, and she will be vulnerable to re-victimization. A woman might
regard her victimisation in two ways: as a survivor or as a victim. Rather than
allowing her victimisation to define who she is as a person, a woman who has
experienced sexual victimisation has learnt to deal with her victimisation in a
good way. Victimized women have not yet learnt to deal with their victimisation
in a good way, and they let their victimisation to define who they are. The
phrases "victim" and "survivor" are used in many different fields of research,
including domestic violence, sexual assault, and cancer diagnoses in the medical
industry. A woman with a victim mentality is defined as weak, hopeless,
passive, having sentiments
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“NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICE AUTHORITY REPORT” (2018)
Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of
Sexual Assault/other Crimes – 2018
www.nalsa.gov.in
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of worthlessness, and having a lack of agency in her life situations in numerous
research studies (Dunn, 2005; Kuban & Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010;
Park, Zlateva & Blank, 2009). A survivor mindset is represented as a woman who
is empowered, who makes meaning from her experiences, who is given choices,
who participates in her own rehabilitation, who feels protected and validated,
who has hope, and who lives after a catastrophic event (Hunter, 2010; Kuban &
Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010; Park et al., 2009). A victim mindset is
when a person lets things happen to him or her, but a survivor mentality is when
a person takes charge of the situation.
RE-VICTIMIZATION EXPLAINED
Re-victimization is defined in a variety of ways in the current research. Multiple

victimisation and subsequent victimisation are distinguished by Stevens,
Ruggiero, Kilpatrick, Resnick, and Saunders (2005). Many victimisation occurs
when a person is subjected to multiple forms of violence, such as sexual and
physical abuse, yet future victimisation falls under the same 8 violence category,
such as child sexual assault leading to adult sexual assault (Stevens et al., 2005).
"Re-victimization refers to the blaming and stigmatising responses to victims by
police or others, as well as the suffering that victims endure following the rape
itself," according to various sources (Maier, 2008, p. 787). The most common
definition of re-victimization is a repeat abuse in the same violence category (for
example, being sexually victimised and then being sexually victimised again)
(Barnes, Noll, Putnam, & Trickett, 2009; Ullman, 1996; Macy et al., 2006;
Ullman et al., 2008; Mason et al., 2009; Combs-Lane & Smith, 2002). While
some researchers agree on what constitutes re-victimization, society as a whole
has different ideas on what constitutes re-victimization. The word re-
victimization will be used in this research to refer to sexual victimisation that
happens in several incidents.
2(Hunter, 2010; Kuban & Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010; Park et al., 2009)(e-book)
(Dunn, 2005; Kuban & Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010; Park, Zlateva & Blank, 2009)
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SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL SUPPORT
One crucial aspect that influences a victim's perspective of being a victim or

survivor, as well as her chance of being re-victimized, is social support. Providing
a woman with the ability to cast blame on the assailant has major beneficial
benefits on the woman during and after sexual violence (Macy et al., 2006).
Women who blame themselves for their victimisation rather than the aggressor
are more likely to be assaulted again (Macy et al., 2006) and have a stronger
association with more unfavourable societal reactions (Ullman et al.,2008).
Unlike other victims of crime, victims of sexual assault are frequently blamed for
their victimisation in our culture (Burt, 1980). For instance, when a person's
home is broken into, society seldom holds the homeowner responsible. Society
frequently assumes that a woman who has been sexually attacked brought it on
herself by being in particular conditions, such as a fraternity party and heavy
drinking, which led to her sexual assault. She would not have been raped if she
had not put herself in that circumstance; consequently, the abused lady has
responsibility. This cultural worldview has the potential to sabotage the victim's
healing. The "shame associated with the abuse, fear of social repercussions,
rejection, and a negative connotation of one's self-image" may prevent victims
from reporting their abuse and getting help (Phanichrat & Townshend, 2010, p.
73). Rather, the victims bear the brunt of the abuse without seeking help from
others.
Problem drinking is connected to self-blame, which will be described later as a
personal ounselli linked to re-victimization. Problem drinking, on the other hand,
has an influence on self-blame and societal reactions to a woman's sexual assault.
Self-blame and problem drinking are mutually reinforcing: women who blame
themselves for the sexual attack are more likely to have problem drinking, and
women who blame themselves for the sexual assault are more likely to blame
themselves for the sexual assault (Macy et al., 2006; Ullman et al., 2008).
Furthermore, problem drinkers who have been sexually assaulted revealed their
3(Stevens et al., 2005), (Maier, 2008, p. 787), (Barnes, Noll, Putnam, & Trickett, 2009; Ullman, 1996; Macy et al., 2006; Ullman et
al., 2008; Mason et al., 2009; Combs-Lane & Smith, 2002)
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attack to more formal and informal support providers, resulting in more positive
and negative social reactions to their assault (Ullman et al., 2008). For example, a
woman who informs her friends, parents, police, and peers about her sexual
assault would receive more reactions (both good and negative) than a woman
who only tells one friend about her victimisation. Negative social reactions, such
as being mistreated, not being believed, and having someone take charge, were
linked to psychiatric symptoms and a poor recovery after sexual assault (Ullman,
1996). Positive social reactions to a sexual assault victim have had mixed
benefits, however negative social reactions (Borja, Callahan, & Long, 2006) and
societal blaming of the victim (Ullman, 1996) have been detrimental to
rehabilitation. Victims with self-blame and problem drinking are not offered
social support in these research; whether the absence of social support occurs
before or after the self-blame and problem drinking is unknown. In order to assist
in the evolution of the victim's rehabilitation into a survivor's life, society must
transition from a victim blame attitude to an assailant blame mentality.
Social assistance alone offers a wide range of outcomes. The efficacy of the sort
of social assistance sought by a sexual assault survivor varies. In a research on
social support and sexual assault re-victimization, nearly three-quarters of
respondents said they told formal and/or informal sources about the assault
(Mason et al., 2009). Nearly 80% of the respondents who confessed to this source
evaluated religious sources as the most supportive of those sources.
According to individuals who confessed to this source, medical personnel, police,

and parents were the least supportive–all were evaluated as helpful less than 60%
of the time (Mason et al., 2009). Though there are a variety of reasons why
women report sexual assault to the police, the most prevalent motive is to prevent
their attacker from raping another woman or themselves (Patterson &
Campbell, 2010). Re-victimized survivors were less likely than non-re-
victimized survivors to reveal to their parents, police, or rape crisis centres
(Mason et al., 2009). Despite the fact that police, medical professionals, and
parents were seen to be the least helpful, victims who confessed to these sources
were less likely to be re- victimized, leading to the conclusion that these sources
were the most helpful. Women who felt heard experienced less psychological
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more quickly after sexual assault (Ullman, 1996). " Survivors who receive less
positive assistance, such as information and emotional support, are more likely to
be assaulted again. " (Mason et al., 2009, p. 69).
PERSONAL BEHAVIOUR
A woman's personal ounselli following a sexual trauma adds to her victim

mindset or survivor mentality, in addition to societal support. The sorts of
personal behaviours that raise the probability of sexual re-victimization,
including as drug usage, alcohol use, sexual ounselli, and the victim's
acknowledgment status, have all been studied extensively. It's possible that
victimisation isn't the key element in re-trauma; rather, it's the actions that
follow victimisation that contribute to re- victimization.
Victimization as a result of a sexual assault can lead to or maintain drug abuse.
Kilpatrick et al. (1997) found that substance use led to assault and assault led to
substance use in a two-year study of the link between substance use and sexual
assault in women. A reciprocal association was shown to exist, implying that
"violence and substance abuse may both enhance the probability of suffering the
other" (Kilpatrick et al., 1997, p. 841). Re-victimization was most common
among women who used drugs and had previously been attacked, according to
one study. The link between substance abuse and sexual victimisation might be
related to the unlawful transactions that must take place in order to get illegal
substances, as well as the persons with whom they associate when using the
drugs. People who sell illicit drugs or socialise with drug dealers may be more
predatory, and drug purchasers (women victims) are a "safe" target or easy prey
since they are less likely to report their involvement in unlawful activities to the
authorities (Kilpatrick et al., 1997). Ounselli is a mediator between a victim's
initial victimisation and later victimisation (Fargo, 2009). In fact, a research on
the paths to adult re-victimization found no clear relationship between childhood
sexual abuse, teenage sexual abuse, and adult sexual abuse; instead, risky
ounselli and risky sexual ounselli were connected to re-victimization (Fargo,
2009). Messman- Moore et al. (2010) did an emotional dysregulation
investigation
with that came
similar findings. up discovered that while childhood sexual abuse was not
They
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linked to rape, it was linked to emotion dysregulation, which affected hazardous
sexual behaviour and the number of lifetime sexual intercourse partners, as well
as increased vulnerability to adult rape (Messman-Moore et al., 2010). These data
show that re-victimization is caused by a person's reaction to childhood sexual
abuse rather than the childhood sexual abuse itself.
A victim of sexual assault's acknowledgment status might be a predictor of re-
victimization. Unacknowledged rape victims are those who have labelled their
rape experience as anything other than rape (Layman, Gidycz, & Lynn, 1996),
such as a misunderstanding, seduction, or terrible sex, maybe as a result of a rape
script including a violent, stranger rape (Kahn, Mathie, & Torgler, 1994). In a
study of acknowledged and unacknowledged rape victims, unacknowledged
victims were considerably more likely than acknowledged victims to report
hazardous drinking, which is considered to be a predictor of re-victimization
(Littleton et al., 2009). (Kilpatrick et al., 1997; Koss & Dinero, 1989; Combs-
Lane & Smith, 2002; Fargo, 2009). Unacknowledged rape victims were much
more likely than recognised rape victims to have an attempted rape, despite there
being no significant difference in the proportion of victims reporting completed
rape (Littleton et al., 2009).
According to a research by Littleton et al. (2009), unrecognised attacks were
much more likely than admitted assaults to entail excessive drinking by the
victim. Unacknowledged victims were more likely to report maintaining their
connection with the perpetrator after the assault and were less likely to adjust
their outselli to avoid future victimisation (Littleton et al., 2009).
Unacknowledged victims are unable to engage in constructive coping techniques
in order to survive the traumatic incident since they are unaware of their
victimisation. Those who have admitted to being victims may or may not have
changed their outlook, but the option of transitioning from victim to survivor
remains.
PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
The elements that lead to re-victimization are interconnected, according to most

of the literature.
sexually A Many
assaulted. woman's mental
other health is no
characteristics exception
related when she has been
with re-victimization are
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interlaced with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), including social support,
dangerous personal ounselli, risky sexual ounselli, and acknowledgment status.
Mason et al. (2009) discovered that re-victimized individuals had substantially
higher PTSD symptom severity scores than non-re-victimized participants in
their study on social support and sexual assault re-victimization. Alcohol intake
and social interactions are linked to PTSD. Problem drinkers had greater levels
of PTSD symptoms, according to Ullman et al. (2008), and those with PTSD
symptoms had more negative social responses. Those with PTSD symptoms
confessed their sexual assault more frequently and got more unfavourable social
reactions as a result; however, disclosure may not have happened immediately
after the attack, and delayed disclosure was linked to more severe PTSD
symptoms (Ullman et al., 2008). Those who admitted to being a victim were
more likely to show signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Littleton et
al., 2009; Layman et al., 1996). Within a six-month follow-up period, 19% of the
acknowledged victims suffered an attempted rape and 31% experienced a
completed rape (Littleton et al., 2009).
Re-victimization is strongly connected to PTSD, as are a variety of other issues.
PTSD symptomology predicted drug use and sexual ounselli; in this study,
women
with PTSD symptoms may have used substances or engaged in unsafe sexual
ounselli to cope with their stress (Messman-Moore et al., 2009). Re-victimization
was strongly linked to both PTSD symptoms and drug use; however, the direct
relationship between substance use and PTSD symptoms is uncertain (Messman-
Moore et al., 2009). Women with PTSD were more likely to engage in hazardous
sexual activities, which has been related to re-victimization (Fargo, 2009). To
better understand additional concerns like alcohol intake, negative social
reactions, acknowledgment status, drug usage, and risky sexual outingselli, it may
be crucial to address the PTSD symptoms of women who have experienced
sexual assault.
Re-victimization is strongly connected to PTSD, as are a variety of other issues.
PTSD symptomology predicted drug use and sexual ounselli; in this study,
women
with PTSD symptoms may have used substances or engaged in unsafe sexual
21 | P a g e ounselli to cope with their stress (Messman-Moore et al., 2009). Re-victimization
was strongly linked to both PTSD symptoms and drug use; however, the direct
relationship between substance use and PTSD symptoms is uncertain (Messman-
Moore et al., 2009). Women with PTSD were more likely to engage in hazardous
sexual activities, which has been related to re-victimization (Fargo, 2009). To
better understand additional concerns like alcohol intake, negative social
reactions, acknowledgment status, drug usage, and risky sexual outingselli, it may
be crucial to address the PTSD symptoms of women who have experienced
sexual assault. There are several methods for a victim of sexual assault to cope
with the devastating occurrence. People can deal with stress in one of two ways:
productively or destructively. Constructive coping tactics include increasing
drinking, smoking, or avoiding friends and family members, but harmful coping
strategies include avoiding friends and family members (He, Zhao, & Ren, 2005).
Coping was described as "cognitions expressing a wish to avoid" in a research on
the function of coping techniques in connection to sexual assault and re-
victimization (Fortier et al., 2009, p. 316). The most common method utilised by
survivors of childhood sexual abuse is avoidant coping (Sigmon, Greene, Rohan,
& Nichols, 1996). Avoidant coping increased as the intensity of childhood sexual
abuse and trauma symptoms rose (Fortier et al., 2009). The intensity of child
sexual abuse predicts avoidant coping, which predicts trauma symptoms, which
predicts the severity of re-victimization (Fortier et al., 2009). Another study on
coping techniques used by sexual assault victims by Phanichrat and Townshend
(2010) discovered that avoidance coping is characterised by three themes:
suppression of thoughts and feelings, escape, and dissociation.. Denial, staying
busy, substance addiction, drinking, and self-harm were all used to suppress
thoughts and feelings. Escapism is a deliberate act that includes concealing,
fleeing, finding a safe haven, and attempting suicide. Floating off, detachment,
and amnesia are all symptoms of dissociation, which is an unconscious process.
Prior to using problem-focused coping, all individuals in this research utilised
avoidance coping (a more healthy form of coping). There are four types of
problem-focused coping: seeking help, cognitive engagement, acceptance, and
meaning-seeking. Sharing with others, disclosure, joining survivors organisations,
and spiritual assistance were all examples of how people sought help. Reframing,
self-reflective methods, optimistic thinking, and external attribution of abuse
blame were among the cognitive tactics used. Acceptance includes self-
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acceptance, acceptance of the abuse, and acceptance of the coping process as a
lifelong process. Helping others/survivors and advocacy were among the things
that those who were looking for meaning did. To equip the participants to cope
with sexual abuse in a healthy way, avoidant coping was a temporary need
(Phanichrat & Townshend, 2010).
Sexual assault can have a lasting impact on a woman's sense of herself and her
future choices, adding to her self-conception as a victim or survivor. Childhood
sexual abuse has an emotional influence on the survivor and can change how she
sees her sexuality, according to Niehaus et al. (2010).
. Survivors were more likely than non-victims to have a negative perception of
their own sexuality (i.e., to describe their sexual desires as immoral or dirty rather
than passionate and loving); however, survivors were "less inhibited and more
likely to approach rather than avoid sexuality and sexual situations" when
compared to non-victims (Niehaus et al., 2010, p. 1370). As previously stated,
increased sexual activity raises the chance of re-victimization. As a result, how a
person regards herself and her sexuality after a sexual attack might play a role in
re-victimization.
CONCLUSION
According to the research, the elements that lead to re-victimization are

exceedingly complex and interconnected. Each aspect connected to re-
victimization is linked to another element linked to re-victimization; however, no
study involving all of these factors has been done. As a result, it's critical to figure
out which aspects are the most crucial, as well as which factors, when combined,
have the most impact on re-victimization. The goal of this research is to see if
general healthy management practises may help a woman better comprehend her
victimisation, live in a way that reduces her vulnerability to victimisation, and see
herself as a survivor rather than a victim. The self perception of and as survivor
and healthy management strategies may insulate a woman from re-victimization.
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Several research questions can stem from the previous literature presented. The
literature clearly illustrates that numerous factors (i.e. social support (Macy et al.,
2006; Phanichrat & Townshend, 2010; Niehaus et al., 2010), self-blame (Burt.
1980), disclosure (Ullman et al., 2008; Ullman, 1996; Mason et al., 2009),
alcohol abuse (Kilpatrick et al., 1997; Koss & Dinero, 1989; Combs-Lane &
Smith, 2002; Fargo, 2009), substance use (Kilpatrick et al., 1997), risk taking
24ounselli (Fargo, 2009; Messman-Moore et al., 2009), risky sexual 24ounselli
(Niehaus et al., 2010), acknowledgement status (Littleton et al., 2009), PTSD
symptoms (Messman-Moore et al., 2009; Fortier et al., 2009), and coping
strategies (Phanichrat & Townshend, 2010) can influence re-victimization. There
are two major research questions to be asked in this qualitative research, which
are directly related to the relationship between re-victimization and
victim/survivor status.
Research Question 1: Is a woman with a survivor mentality of her sexual assault
protected from re-victimization?
Research Question 2: Is a woman with a victim / sufferer mentality of her sexual
assault vulnerable to re-victimization?
The words "victim" and "survivor" will be defined for this study based on
definitions used in other research studies. A woman with a victim mentality is
characterised as being weak, hopeless, docile, experiencing sentiments of
worthlessness, and having no influence over her life circumstances. (Dunn, 2005;
Kuban & Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010; Park et al., 2009). 4In summary, a
person with a victim mentality allows things to happen to her. A survivor
mentality is defined as a woman being empowered, creating a meaning out of her
experiences, being equipped with choice, participating in her own healing, feeling
safe and validated, having hope, and living after a traumatic experience (Hunter,
2010; Kuban & Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010; Park et al., 2009). In other
terms, a person with a survivor mentality takes control of the circumstances of
her life.
4A survivor’s mentality(Dunn, 2005; Kuban & Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010; Park et al., 2009)(e-book), women against
sexual assault (Hunter, 2010; Kuban & Steele, 2011; Brosi & Rolling, 2010; Park et al., 2009)(e-book),self support (Macy et al.,
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2006; Phanichrat & Townshend, 2010; Niehaus et al., 2010(e-book)
CHAPTER THREE
METHODS
SAMPLING/PARTICIPANTS
The goal of this research is to conduct in-depth interviews in order to elicit
central
themes about how outside factors affected the victim herself, how these factors
influenced her perception of herself, and which factors she believes had the most
significant impact on her re-victimization or non-re-victimization. This study's
participants include women who have been sexually attacked or raped, as well as
women who have been re-victimized (or sexually assaulted or raped on more than
one occasion). These ladies were chosen via snowball sampling and discovered
using various methods. Psychologists, sexual assault victim advocates, and
intimate acquaintances were asked whether the victims would be willing to
participate in a confidential survey. The study aimed to acquire a survey that was
representative of the women within the sample frame. Women who have been
sexually assaulted and re-victimized form the sample frame. Snowball sampling
is one approach for locating victims of a crime that is rarely mentioned openly
and is frequently bound by secrecy (Patten, 2009). I gave each lady who took
part in the study a demographic survey and questioned her. Participants in
ethnographic research, or participant research involving in-depth interviews, are
often small in number (Hughes, King, Rodden, & Andersen, 1995). The purpose
of this study is to conduct in-depth interviews with twenty female participants in
order to learn about their personal experiences with sexual assault.5
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
The supplies needed for the research experiment are limited. Previous literature
was employed as one of the resources. Many issues concerning the women's
views of her sexual assault surfaced from the literature. Previous study aided in
the discovery of several interview questions to be asked.
5 Few women (Hughes, King, Rodden, & Andersen, 1995)(e-book).

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A cell phone was also utilised as a recording equipment. The use of a voice
recorder, comprehensive note taking, or a mix of the two is an important feature
of the interview process; some participants may be uncomfortable with the
recorder at first, but eventually become more comfortable with the equipment
(Francis, 2004). The use of a recorder allowed me to return to the interview at a
later point of the research process when specific themes emerged (Francis, 2004).
The interviewee was asked if she had any concerns about being recorded
throughout the interview, and she was told that any questions may be skipped if
required, and, most significantly, that the conversation could be ended at any
moment (see Appendix C). The interviewee was given a list of emergency
contacts with specialists who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week (see
Appendix D). The interview was videotaped, including the questions asked and
the responses made by the respondents. The interviewer and interviewee were
both wearing mobile phone as a tape recorder, which were placed immediately
between them. The interview queries the women about their perceptions of the
major elements that affected their re-victimization or non-re-victimization, such
as social support, alcohol use, substance usage, personal outselli, and
psychological health. Throughout the interview, no further technological
equipment was used.
DESIGN
Though quantitative research gives more data, it often provides less in-depth and
personal data than qualitative research, particularly when discussing highly
sensitive matters such as sexual assault and rape, as well as the variables that may
have contributed to re-victimization (Babbie, 2005). In-depth interviews are
advantageous because they "enable inquiry, reflexivity, creativity, reciprocal
interchange, and engagement" between the researcher and the participants (Caine,
Davison, & Stewart, 2009, p. 489). For these reasons, this research study is
designed as qualitative rather than quantitative. The goal of this study is to learn
about personal tales and women's perceptions of victimisation. Because in-depth
interviews with these ladies give unique answers that cannot be predicted and
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included into a multiple choice questionnaire, qualitative research was chosen for
this research project (that a quantitative study would employ).
Because each incidence is individual and unique, conducting interviews results in
a greater understanding of the women's experience of sexual assault or rape. The
narrative style of qualitative research is more beneficial in comprehending the
woman's sexual victimisation and the elements that contribute to her re-
victimization, or lack thereof.
When a factor appears to be vital, more time may be spent on that issue; if a
component does not appear to be as relevant to a certain individual, that element
can be explored to a lesser extent and the interview can continue. The downsides
of employing a qualitative research approach include the restricted number of
interviews that can be performed due to time, access, and financial constraints.
This is an exploratory study that can be used to guide future quantitative
research. It applies to those who have been sexually abused on one or more
occasions. The methodology and reasoning for constructing the questions I used
when interviewing the participants are described in Table 1.
TABLE 1. QUESTIONNARE DESIGN AND RATIONALE
Questionnaire Item Supporting Study Rationale for Question

1. At what age did you got first sexual Background information
assault experience? N/A
2. How old was the perpetrator? Background information
N/A
3. Can you tell me about your first time Background information
being sexually attacked? N/A
4. Whom did you disclose this assault to Mason et al., These studies include the significance of
and how soon after the assault did you 2009; Ullman, disclosure, who the lady disclosed to, and
report 1996; Borja et al., re-victimization..
it? 2006
5. What types of people did you tell? Mason et al., This research addresses several types of
Friends, family, police, rape 2009 social support, how helpful the women
crisis centers? believed these disclosures to be, and the
rates of recurring victimisation. Women
thought informal social support was more
beneficial; nevertheless, women who
revealed to official social support networks
were less likely to be victimised again.
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6. How did those you told react to your Ullman, 1996; According to Ullman's research,
disclosure? Borja et al., 2006; unfavourable social responses contribute to
Mason et al., poor recovery from attack. Borja's research
2009 found that favourable social reactions had
a mixed influence on recovery, having
both neutral and positive benefits.
According to Mason's research, women
who get less positive social support are
more likely to be re-victimized.
7. In what ways did each of their reactions Ullman, 1996; According to the findings of this study,
affect you? If it was a positive reaction, Borja et al., unfavourable social reactions contribute to
how did it help you? If it was a negative a poor recovery from an assault. Borja's
reaction, how did it impact you? 2006 research found that favourable social
reactions had a mixed influence on
recovery, having both neutral and positive
benefits. According to Mason's research,
women who have less positive social
support are more likely to be re-
victimized..
8. What types of ways did you deal with Macy et al., 2006; According to these findings, self-blame
your first sexual assault? Ullman et al., leads to re-victimization. This question
2008; Phanichrat invites the participant to provide her
& Townshend, personal perspective on how she dealt with
2010 the experience.
9. Do you feel there is anything that could Macy et al., 2006; According to Macy's research, blaming the
have been done that may have made Ullman et al., assailant has considerable
you 2008; Phanichrat beneficial
less likely a target for sexual assault? & Townshend, impacts on the woman during and after
2010 sexual aggression, while women who
blame themselves are more likely to be re-
victimized. According to Ullman's
research, women who blame themselves
have more unfavourable social reactions.
According to Phanichrat's research, the
stigma of abuse, as well as the fear of
rejection and public opinion, may prevent a
victim from revealing their attack.
10. Thinking back, is there anything you Macy et al., 2006; According to Macy's research, blaming the
believe you could have done to prevent the Ullman et al., assailant has considerable
assault? 2008; Phanichrat beneficial
& Townshend, impacts on the woman during and after
stigma of abuse, as well as the fear of
victim from revealing their attack.
11. Initially, who did you think was Macy et al., 2006; According to Macy's research, blaming the
responsible for the attack? Has that Ullman et al., assailant has considerable
changed for you present and 2008; Phanichrat beneficial
today? & Townshend, impacts on the woman during and after
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victim from revealing their attack..6
12. 14 Did your personal 29ounselli Fargo, 2009; Fargo's research discovered a relationship
remain the same as prior to your first Messman-Moore between risky ounselli and hazardous
sexual assault or did it change? What is et al., 2010
your typical 29ounselli? sexual ounselli and re-victimization.
Messman's study discovered that emotion
dysregulation linked hazardous sexual
behaviour and the number of lifetime
sexual intercourse partners, as well as
increased sensitivity to re-victimization.
13. 15 After your first sexual victimization, Combs-Lane & Smith, 2002; According to Comb's research, one
did you intend on drinking heavily? Fargo, 2009; technique to detect re-victimization is to
Engaging in sexual 29ounselli? Participate Kilpatrick et al.,1997 interrogate victims about their plans to
in activities involving exposure to potential engage in dangerous activities. According
perpetrators? to Fargo's research, women who knew they
were going to participate in hazardous
conduct actually engaged in more risky
activity. According to Kilpatrick's research,
women who interact with drug traffickers
are more likely to be re-victimized since
they are in the presence of potential
predators.
14. 16 How has being a victim of sexual Fargo, 2009; Messman- All of these studies deal with sexual
assault impacted your sexual 29ounselli? Moore et al., 2010; ounselli and re-victimization, and this
Combs-Lane & Smith, 2002; question allows the responder to explain
Kilpatrick et al.,1997 how the sexual attack affected her sexual
ounselli.
LIMITATIONS
Qualitative research is particularly valid since participants may offer the

responses rather than choosing an answer prepared by the researcher in a
multiple-choice selection (Babbie, 2005). Using qualitative research rather than
quantitative research, I will be able to provide a more valid account of the
phenomena researched. The responses offered by participants are unlikely to be
shallow, which benefits the researcher greatly (Babbie, 2005). The study
questions being asked have high face validity, which means that they "appear to
measure what [they purport to assess]" (Patten, 2009, p. 63). The study's goal is
to find fundamental patterns in how outside variables affected the victim
herself, how
6
Assault after effects Fargo, 2009; Messman-Moore et al., 2010;(e-book)
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Perception of women Combs-Lane & Smith, 2002; Kilpatrick et al.,1997(e-book)
these factors changed her image of herself, and which elements she feels had the
most important impact on her re-victimization or non-re-victimization. The study
questions precisely ask these issues and offer additional questions that seek more
in-depth understanding on these topics. Furthermore, the study questions have
high content validity, which means they encompass a wide range of meanings
within a topic (Babbie, 2005). The questions posed to the participants were
designed to learn about the amount of social support they received, their personal
outlook and how it changed as a result of their experience with sexual assault or
rape, their psychological health and how they dealt with the emotions that come
with a traumatic experience, and their perception of themselves as a victim or
survivor. Each of the specific areas is addressed by a series of questions.
Although there are various benefits to conducting in-depth interviews, there are a
few drawbacks. Participants in the research are restricted to those who are willing
to share her sexual assault, implying that she has recognised her sexual assault.
Furthermore, the participants are confined to those recruited through
psychologists, victim advocates, and personal connections, which are slanted
towards women who have sought social assistance for their sexual assault, at least
in part. Those who refuse to admit their sexual assault or who have not spoken to
others about their sexual assault were not interviewed. The interview is
constrained by the questions asked and the honesty of the ladies who answer to
them. If the ladies think that the answers to the questions are truly secret, her
responses will be more candid. If the ladies think that their tale may be traced
back to them through the research report, she may not react truthfully. Another
limitation is that participants may answer the questions depending on what they
believe is the "correct" response or what I want to hear. The replies might be
skewed based on the participant's mood, the chemistry between the participant
and the interviewer, or the subject's inclination to divulge personal information to
another person. If a woman has previously had a bad experience admitting her
attack, the outcomes may differ from if the participant has previously had a
favourable or neutral experience disclosing her assault. While there are several
benefits to utilising qualitative research, there are a few drawbacks. It takes time
to interview all of the participants and synthesise the data into a cohesive whole
in qualitative research. Qualitative research may be taxing on both the
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mind and body (Morris & Marquart, 2010). It can also present ethical and moral
quandaries for the researcher, such as when the researcher realises she is being
lied to and whether or not the researcher should approach the participant about
those lies (Wood, 2006). Qualitative research might be proven to be unreliable if
the researcher fails to account for his or her own biases and points of view
(Babbie, 2005). However, dependability can be maintained if the researcher
makes comparative assertions about the research rather than merely descriptive
measures (Babbie, 2005). This study polled twenty women who had been
sexually attacked or raped at least once, and it may be applied to populations
who have been sexually abused on one or more occasions. This qualitative data
cannot give the same amount of statistical data as quantitative research, hence it
cannot be utilised to generate statistical descriptions of vast populations;
nevertheless, it can help influence future quantitative research (Babbie, 2005).7
CHAPTER FOUR
RESULT
INTRODUCTION TO PARTICIPANTS
I performed 20 interviews and declared and referenced in my dissertation paper

10 interviews out of 20 interviews with 20 women who had previously been
raped or sexually abused on one or more occasions. To maintain anonymity, the
women's identities have been altered. Using a fictitious identity preserves the
women's confidentiality, offers the participants more dimensionality, and helps
the dialogue to flow more easily. Table 2 shows the basic demographics of the
participants as well as a summary of their assault history.
7
Assault after effects Fargo, 2009; Messman-Moore et al., 2010;(e-book), Perception of women Combs-Lane & Smith, 2002;
Kilpatrick et al.,1997(e-book), Point of view of an assaulted women (Babbie, 2005)(internet article)
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TABLE 2. SUMMARY OF ASSAULT HISTORY
NAME SUMMARY OF ASSAULT HISTORY
Munira Her 32-year-old stepfather assaulted her and her
sister many times when she was 8 years old. Her
mother's 28-year-old lover molested her many
times when she was 10 years old. Her 32-year-old
father raped her when she was 12 years old, while
her father's mother-in-law sat by her passively.
Mabiha When Mabiha was 11 years old, her uncle, who
was
in his 40s, read Tijuana Bibles to her and her
brother and sexually abused her three times. A
another uncle, in his 30s, assaulted her in a car two
years later. A 19-year-old stalker raped her many
times when she was 14 years old, finally forcing
her to get pregnant. Because of the pregnancy, her
parents subsequently pushed her to marry her
stalker.
Aamina Drew, a 16-year-old, sought to have sexual
relations with Aamina when she was 6 years old.
Her uncle Tom, together with her two brothers and
cousins, assaulted her two years later. In addition,
he forced his daughter and Aamina's brother to
have sex in a bathtub. A soldier in his fifties
molested her when she was ten years old.
Tanuja Tanuja was 2 1/2 years old when she was abused in
the front seat of a car by her mother's acquaintances
- one male and one female – while her mother sat
lazily in the backseat. Her uncle molested her in a
swimming pool when she was five years old. She
was beaten and raped on a regular basis when she
was 15 by a 16-year-old who finally impregnated
her. He later stole her from a maternity home and
transported her to New Mexico, where his pregnant
girlfriend stabbed her multiple times.
Bilquis Bilquis was drugged and sexually molested on a
regular basis by her 40-year-old stepfather when
she was 13 years old. She was unconscious for
three days at a time as a result of the medicines.
When she was 18, her 26-year-old husband
battered and raped her.
Jasmin When Jasmin was 18, her 35-year-old ounselli

sexually attacked her by seizing her by the waist
and humping her.
She was attacked when she was 20 years old by
three males in their twenties, one of them was
a
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Sandhya Sandhya's 68-year-old grandpa raped her when she
was eight years old. When Sandhya pleaded for aid
throughout the attack, her grandma stood still.
Sandhya informed her parents, who informed the
police, and sought counselling to help her cope
with the trauma.
Pooja Pooja’s 35-year-old teacher sexually assaulted her

and her friend at least three times per week when
she was 13 years old. He made them stay after
class because they were “in trouble.” Pooja was at
a club
and had been using copious amounts of drugs and
alcohol, when she was assaulted, beaten, and
raped
by numerous perpetrators. She only remembers
parts of the assault but had significant bruising
around her neck and on her body.
Rashmi Rashmi was 20 years old when she was sexually
assaulted by her 19-year-old friend in a cemetery.
She had been sexting with him the night before,
which caused her to pause before saying no.
Prajakta When Prajakta was 18 years old, she was stalked by
a 25-year-old who made a book with pictures of
him and her stitched together. While she was still
18 years old a 45-year-old man pushed her down
and licked her toes. When she was 20 years old a
40-yearold man showed her inappropriate pictures
and grabbed her.
INTRODUCTION TO RESULTS
I have stated and mentioned in this dissertation work 10 interviews out of 20

interviews which I have conducted with 20 women who have previously been
raped or sexually assaulted on one or more than one occasion. Of those 20
women, 15 were re-victimized and only 5 were victimized on one occasion.
Within the group, there were a total of 27 re-victimizations; meaning, there was
a total of 47 sexual assaults or rapes amongst the 20 women. Out of all 47 sexual
assaults or rapes, only two qualify as stranger rape. In all other instances, the
woman was
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Assault after effects Fargo, 2009; Messman-Moore et al., 2010;(e-book)
Perception of women Combs-Lane & Smith, 2002; Kilpatrick et al.,1997(e-book)
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familiar with the perpetrator in some aspect. He may have been a relative, a
friend, or an acquaintance. There was a significant difference in the average age
of the victim and the average age of the perpetrator. Many of the women were
victimized during their childhood; however, many of the men who victimized
them were much older. The youngest woman who was victimized was 2 1/2
years old and the oldest woman victimized was 27 years old. The average age of
victimization was 12.65 years old. The youngest perpetrator was 13 years old and
the oldest perpetrator was about 65 years old. The perpetrators were 31.8 years
old on average. The average age difference between the victim and perpetrator
was 19.19 years. On average, the perpetrator was 19 years older than the woman
he victimized. Only one case had a criminal who was younger than the victim. In
this instance, the victim was 20 years old and the perpetrator was 19 years old.
Throughout the interviews, four categories became evident. The four categories
are as follows: victim thoughts, survivor thoughts, reasons for re-victimization,
and reasons for non-re-victimization. Table 4 on page 68 is a chart that
summarizes each woman and her status as victim, survivor, or a person who
transformed from a victim to a survivor. It also describes how each woman was
linked to that category.
VICTIM’S THOUGHT
Victim and survivor thoughts were present in the women in the study. Some
women had only victim thoughts, some women only had survivor thoughts, while
other women had victim thoughts at one point in her life and then had a
transformation where she began developing survivor thoughts.
BELIEVED SHE DESERVED IT
Victim thoughts were passive or hopeless or powerless. Every woman had

negative consequences resulting from her victimization. These negative
consequences lead some of the women to develop a victim mentality.some ladies
questioned why they were being assaulted in the first place. Two women actually
believed they asked to be assaulted. Bilquis, who was sexually assaulted by her
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step-father and raped by her husband, believed she “made her bed and now she
had to lay in it” (Bilquis, personal communication, November 2013). Mabiha, the
teenager who was impregnated by her assaulter, believed her husband, also her
perpetrator, was taking her parent’s burden away. These feelings of believing
they deserved to be sexually assaulted are victim thoughts of being hopeless and
powerless and passive.
NEGETIVE SELF PERCEPTION
The sexual assault affected women in regard to how they view themselves and
their emotional health as well. Five women reported feeling dirty or disgusting.
Eight had feelings of low self-esteem. Bilquis, who was sexually assaulted by her
step-father and raped by her husband, said, “Boys told me they wanted to put a
bag over my head and screw me” (Bilquis, personal communication, November
2013). Six women felt numb inside. Stacy, for example, whose physically abusive
husband raped her, said she felt numb inside and simply went through the
motions. Five women dissociated themselves from the event. Six were insecure.
Ruby, who was sexually assaulted on five occasions, said, “I became very
insecure; I became the girl that everyone liked to pick on … the loser” (Ruby,
personal communication, February 2013). One woman was nervous and one was
depressed. Self-blame was a prominent negative consequence of the assault; a
startling twelve women blamed herself for the assault in some aspect. Vandana, at
13 years old ran into the bathroom in an attempt to escape her two 13 year
oldassailants, said the sexual assault changed her perception of herself becauseshe
“felt crappy and ashamed” (Vandana, personal communication, August
2013).These thoughts of self-blame, numbness, dissociation, insecurity, and low
selfesteem are evidence of a woman with a victim mentality.
SEXUAL REMISSION
There were numerous negative consequences relating to the sexuality of the

women. Thirteen women became promiscuous or engaged in sexual
experimentation after the assault. Aamina, who was assaulted three times before
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she was 11 years old, says, “If it had pants on, I would jump into bed” (Aamina,
personal communication, December 2013). Lillian, who was dragged into a closet
and assaulted at 7 years old, said, “I became promiscuous because I liked the
power I held over other boys who would become interested and I couldget things
from them” (Lillian, personal communication, July 2013).Eight women
experienced a sexual remission or a lack of initiation. Samirah, who was
assaulted by her step-father from the age of 5 to age 12, had the motto, “Wine
me, dine me, but you’re never gonna find me” (Samirah, personal
communication, September 2013).
Several women stated they experienced both promiscuity and remission at
different points after the assault. Pooja, whose teacher made her stay after class
because she was “in trouble” and assaulted her, said, “I would just fuck anybody”
(Pooja, personal communication, April 2013). Pooja also said, “I’d have sex
everywhere and anywhere, but when I was married, I didn’t want to have sex
anymore” (Pooja, personal communication, April 2013).
Two women believe they entered into an inappropriate marriage due to being
sexually assaulted. Samirah, who was made to move in with her uncle who raped
her, said the most detrimental aspect of the assault was the inappropriate marriage
she entered into. She was 19 when she married someone who was 17 years older
than her, which lead her to a “whole new world of victimization and abuse”
(Samirah, personal communication, May 2013). Mabiha was 14 years old when
she was continually stalked and assaulted by a 19 year old man. Mabiha became
pregnant by her perpetrator and her parents forced her into marriage with the
perpetrator. Mabiha said, “I felt like Brian [her husband/perpetrator] was taking
her parent’s burden away” (Mabiha, personal communication, August 2013).
These feelings of insecurity or having a lack of agency in their lives portray a
woman who has a victim mentality rather than a survivor mentality.
PERSONAL RELATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS

Other women had victim mentalities that were brought on by their lack of support
from their families and friends. Negative consequences of the assault as a result
of the lack of support altered the way women related to people and how they
perceived them. Ten women stated they had issues trusting people after the
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assault. Sandhya was assaulted by her grandfather at the age of eight and her
grandmother walked in on the assault, but did nothing to protect her; Sandhya
said because of this incident and her grandmother’s flippant reaction she
developed issues with trusting people. Rashmi, whose sexting lead to a fear and
delayed reaction of saying “no” to the perpetrator, said she became more
distrusting of men; “I now see all men as having the potential to be a perpetrator
or rapist” (Rashmi, personal communication, December 2013). Five women
became introverted and two became perfectionists or overachievers. Two women
became attention seeking or extroverted and five became rebellious. Samirah,
who was made to move in with her uncle who raped her, said her drinking made
her be rebellious and mean, but she never wanted to hurt other people. Three
women became controlling and six stated they had anger management issues.
Pooja, whose teacher made her stay after class because she was "in trouble" and
assaulted her, said she was constantly angry and acted out violently (Pooja,
personal communication, April 2013).
SURVIVOR’S THOUGHT
MOVING ON FROM THE ASSAULT
The survivor thoughts women had were significantly different from the
victim thoughts. There were numerous positive consequences resulting from
the assaults the women experienced. They were able to see how they positively
changed due to the negative experience in their lives. Typically the positive
changes due to the assault were highlighted with the development of survivor
thoughts. Some of the survivor thoughts were indicative of moving on from the
experience. Two women believed the positive aspects of the assault involved
the consequences for the perpetrators. When asked about a positive aspect of
the assault, Tanuja, who was first assaulted at 2 1/2 years old, said the person
who assaulted her went to jail and later committed suicide while incarcerated.
Another woman stated a positive aspect was that her perpetrator went to jail for
a significant amount of time.
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EMPOWERED BY THE EXPERIENCE
Other survivor thoughts were indicative of being empowered by the experience.

The sexual assault positively affected how these women identified with other
people. Six women believe they were better mothers due to the sexual assault.
Eight women either became victim’s advocates or helped others to be less prone
to abuse through their careers or volunteer work. Munira, who was assaulted by
her step-father, mother's boyfriend, and father, became a law enforcement officer
and Lillian, who was dragged into a closet and assaulted at 7 years old, became a
teacher. Both Munira and Lillian said they can better identify children who are
being abused. Three women think they can spot perpetrators better than they
could prior to the assault. Two women believe they have a better understanding
of men and the world. Jasmin, who was sexually assaulted by a co worker and
three other men (including a police officer), stated, “I am more aware of risky
situations, so it will not happen again” (Jasmin, personal communication, May
2013). Lillian said she was able to develop new relationships had it not been for
the assault. She connected with other people who had similar experiences; they
had similar topics to discuss and feelings toward the incidents. Two women
believe they are more aware of their surroundings.
POSITIVE IMPACT ON HER CHARACTER

Some survivor thoughts were indicative of being active in their own healing.
Some women were positively affected by the assault because of
how it impacted them as a person. Six women believe they are stronger as a
person due to the assault. One woman said she became a writer and another
woman said she developed faith. Two women said a positive result of the
victimization was her children. Two women are more patient than they were
prior to the assault. The following are a few of the women’s survivor thoughts.
Lita, whose assailant rubbed himself on her to the point
Personal interviews of assaulted and victimized women

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of pain, said, "I got through it" (Lita, personal communication, April 2013).
Jhanvi, who was assaulted by her grandfather in a cabin, says, „it didn’t affect me
horribly; I came through it well” (Jhanvi, personal communication, December
2013). Samirah, who was made to move in with her uncle who raped her, says,
“I am blessed and fortunate” (Samirah, personal communication, May 2013).
Lillian, who was dragged into a closet and assaulted at 7 years old, said, “I am a
success; I have my Master’s Degree, a house, two children, and two
grandchildren” (Lillian, personal communication, July 2013). Soniya, whose 33
year old step- brother forced her to perform oral sex at a slumber party, said, “the
assault won’t hold me down” (Soniya, personal communication, December
2012).
CHAPTER FIVE
ARTICLES AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS
Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of

Sexual Assault/other Crimes – 2018 set up by the NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICE AUTHORITY,
12/11, Jam Nagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi
INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND
Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in W.P. (C) No. 565/2012 titled Nipun Saxena
Vs. Union of India opined that “it would be appropriate if NALSA sets up a Committee of
about 4 or 5 persons who can prepare Model Rules for Victim Compensation for
sexual offences and acid attacks taking into account the submissions made by
the learned Amicus. The learned Amicus as well as the learned Solicitor General
have offered to assist the Committee as and when required. The Chairperson or
the nominee of the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women should
be associated with the Committee.”
The Committee held rounds of meetings and it was decided to prepare a separate “Chapter”
or a “Sub-Scheme” within the existing Victim Compensation Scheme
for victims of sexual assault.
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The Committee drafted Part – II of the Victims Compensation Scheme and
invited suggestions/comments from various stakeholders on the draft. Taking
into consideration the suggestions/comments, the Committee has finalized the
Compensation Scheme for women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/other
Crimes and submitted the same before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on
24.04.2018.
Submissions were made before the Hon’ble Bench and other stakeholders were
also heard on 10.05.2018. Additional suggestions received during the hearing
were also incorporated and final Scheme was filed before the Hon’ble Supreme
Court of India on 11.05.2018. On this day, after hearing NALSA and Ld. Amicus
Curiae, Hon’ble Bench was pleased to accept this Scheme and directed all the
State Governments/UT Administrations to implement the same in their respective
States/UTs.
Hon’ble Supreme Court of India further observed that while nothing should be
taken away from this Scheme, but it does not preclude the State Governments/UT
Administrations from adding to the Scheme.
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1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT
(1)This Chapter may be called the Compensation Scheme for Women

Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/other Crimes, 2018.
(2)It shall come into force on the date as and when ordered by Hon’ble Supreme
Court of India.
(3)It shall apply to the victims and their dependent(s) who have suffered loss,
injury, as the case may be, as a result of the offence committed and who require
rehabilitation.
2. DEFINITIONS
1) In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:—

(a) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);
(b)‘Dependent’ includes husband, father, mother, grandparents, unmarried

daughter and minor children of the victim as determined by the State Legal
Services Authority or District Legal Services Authority on the basis of the report
of the Sub- Divisional Magistrate of the concerned area/Station House
Officer/Investigating Officer or on the basis of material placed on record by the
dependents by way of affidavit or on its own enquiry.
(c)“District Legal Services Authority” means the District Legal Services

Authority (DLSA)constituted under section 9 of the Legal Services Authorities
Act, 1987(Act 39 of 1987) for a District of the National Capital Territory of
Delhi;
(d) ‘Form’ means form appended to the Scheme as applicable to this Chapter.
(e)‘Fund’ means State fund i.e. victim compensation fund constituted under the
State Victim Compensation Scheme.
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(g)‘Women Victim Compensation Fund’ – means a fund segregated for
disbursement for women victim, out of State Victim Compensation Fund and
Central Fund.
[Within the State Victim Compensation Fund, a separate Bank Account shall be
maintained as a portion of that larger fund which shall contain the funds
contributed under CVCF Scheme by MHA, GOI contributed from Nirbhaya Fund
apart from funds received from the State Victim Compensation Fund which shall
be utilised only for victims covered under this Chapter]
(h) ‘Government’ means ‘State Government’ wherever the State Victim
Compensation Scheme or the State Victim Compensation Fund is in context and
‘Central Government’ wherever Central Government Victim Compensation Fund
Scheme is in context and includes UTs.
(i) ‘Injury’ means any harm caused to body or mind of a female.
(j) ‘Minor’ means a girl child who has not completed the age of 18 years.
(k)‘Offence’ means offence committed against women punishable under IPC or

any other law.
(l) ‘Penal Code’ means Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860);
(m) ‘Schedule’ means schedule applicable to this Chapter/Part of the scheme.
(n)“State Legal Services Authority” means the State Legal Services Authority
(SLSA), as defined in Section 6 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39
of 1987)
(o)‘Sexual Assault Victims” means female who has suffered mental or physical
injury or both as a result of sexual offence including Sections 376 (A) to (E),
Section 354 (A) to (D), Section 509 IPC.
(p)‘Woman Victim/ survivor of other crime’ means a woman who has suffered
physical or mental injury as a result of any offence mentioned in the attached
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Schedule including Sections 304 B, Section 326A, Section 498A IPC (in case of
physical injury of the nature specified in the schedule) including the attempts and
abetment.
(2) Words and expressions used in this Chapter and not defined here, shall have
the same meaning as assigned to them in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
or/and the Indian Penal Code, 1860.11
3. FUND FOR COMPENSATION WOMEN VICTIMS
(1)There shall be a Fund, namely, the Women Victims Compensation Fund from
which the amount of compensation, as decided by the State Legal Services
Authority or District Legal Services Authority, shall be paid to the women victim
or her dependent(s) who have suffered loss or injury as a result of an offence and
who require rehabilitation.
(2) The ‘Women Victims Compensation Fund’ shall comprise the following:-
(a) Contribution received from CVCF Scheme, 2015.
(b)Budgetary allocation in the shape of Grants-in-aid to SLSA for which
necessary provision shall be made in the Annual Budget by the Government;
(c)Any cost amount ordered by Civil/Criminal Tribunal to be deposited in this
Fund.
(d)Amount of compensation recovered from the wrong doer/accused under clause
14 of the Scheme;
(e)Donations/contributions from International/ National/ Philanthropist/
Charitable Institutions/ Organizations and individuals permitted by State or
Central Government.
(f) Contributions from companies under CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
(3) The said Fund shall be operated by the State Legal Services Authority
(SLSA).
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4. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION –
A woman victim or her dependent (s) as the case may be, shall be eligible for
grant of compensation from multiple schemes applicable to her. However, the
compensation received by her in the other schemes with regard to Section 357-B
Cr.P.C., shall be taken into account while deciding the quantum in the such
subsequent application.
5.PROCEDURE FOR MAKING APPLICATION BEFORE

THE SLSA OR DLSA—
Mandatory Reporting of FIRs: - SHO/SP/DCP shall mandatorily share soft/hard
copy of FIR immediately after its registration with State Legal Services
Authority/District Legal Services Authority qua commission of offences covered
in this Scheme which include Sections 326A, 354A to 354D, 376A to 376E,
304B, 498A (in case of physical injury covered in this Schedule), so that the
SLSA/DLSA can, in deserving cases, may suo-moto initiate preliminary
verification of facts for the purpose of grant of interim compensation.
An application for the award of interim/ final compensation can be filed by the
Victim and/or her Dependents or the SHO of the area before concerned SLSA or
DLSA. It shall be submitted in Form ‘I’ along with a copy of the First
Information Report (FIR) or criminal complaint of which cognizance is taken by
the Court and if available Medical Report, Death Certificate, wherever
applicable, copy of judgment/ recommendation of court if the trial is over.
6. PLACE OF FILING OF APPLICATION—
The application/recommendation for compensation can be moved either before

the State Legal Services Authority or the concerned District Legal Services
Authority or it can be filed online on a portal which shall be created by all State
Legal Services Authorities. The Secretary of the respective DLSA shall decide
the application/ recommendation moved before him/her as per the Scheme.
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Explanation: In case of acid attack victim the deciding authority shall be
Criminal Injury Compensation Board as directed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in
Laxmi vs. Union of India W.P.CRML 129/2006 order dated 10.04.2015 which
includes Ld. District & Sessions Judge, DM, SP, Civil Surgeon/CMO of the
district.
7.RELIEFS THAT MAY BE AWARDED BY THE STATE OR

DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY. –
The SLSA or DLSA may award compensation to the victim or her dependents to the
extent as specified in the scheduled attached hereto.
8.FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED WHILE AWARDING

COMPENSATION –
While deciding a matter, the State Legal Services Authority/District Legal
Services Authority may take into consideration the following factors relating to
the loss or injury suffered by the victim:
(1)Gravity of the offence and severity of mental or physical harm or injury

suffered by the victim;
(2)Expenditure incurred or likely to be incurred on the medical treatment for

physical and/or mental health including counselling of the victim, funeral,
travelling during investigation/ inquiry/ trial (other than diet money);
(3)Loss of educational opportunity as a consequence of the offence, including

absence from school/college due to mental trauma, bodily injury, medical
treatment, investigation and trial of the offence, or any other reason;
(4)Loss of employment as a result of the offence, including absence from place

of employment due to mental trauma, bodily injury, medical treatment,
investigation and trial of the offence, or any other reason;
(5) The relationship of the victim to the offender, if any;

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(6) Whether the abuse was a single isolated incidence or whether the abuse took
place over a period of time;
(7) Whether victim became pregnant as a result of the offence, whether she had to
undergo Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)/ give birth to a child,
including rehabilitation needs of such child;
(8) Whether the victim contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as a result of
the offence;
(9) Whether the victim contracted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as a result
of the offence;
(10) Any disability suffered by the victim as a result of the offence;
(11) Financial condition of the victim against whom the offence has been committed
so as to determine her need for rehabilitation and re-integration needs of the
victim.
(12) In case of death, the age of deceased, her monthly income, number of
dependents, life expectancy, future promotional/growth prospects etc.
(13) Or any other factor which the SLSA/DLSA may consider just and sufficient.12
9. PROCEDURE FOR GRANT OF COMPENSATION—
1) Wherever, a recommendation is made by the court for compensation under

sub- sections (2) and/or (3) of Section 357A of the Code, or an application is
made by any victim or her dependent(s), under sub-section (4) of Section 357A
of the Code, to the State Legal Services Authority or District Legal Services
Authority, for interim compensation it shall prima-facie satisfy itself qua
compensation needs
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and identity of the victim. As regards the final compensation, it shall examine the
case and verify the contents of the claim with respect to the loss/injury and
rehabilitation needs as a result of the crime and may also call for any other
relevant information necessary for deciding the claim.
Provided that in deserving cases and in all acid attack cases, at any time after
commission of the offence, Secretary, SLSA or Secretary, DLSA may suo moto
or after preliminary verification of the facts proceed to grant interim relief as may
be required in the circumstances of each case. (2) The inquiry as contemplated
under sub-section (5) of Section 357A of the Code, shall be completed
expeditiously and the period in no case shall exceed beyond sixty days from the
receipt of the claim/petition or recommendation: Provided that in cases of acid
attack an amount of Rs. One lakh shall be paid to the victim within 15 days of the
matter being brought to the notice of DLSA. The order granting interim
compensation shall be passed by DLSA within 7 days of the matter being
brought to its notice and the SLSA shall pay the compensation within 8 days of
passing of the order. Thereafter, an amount of Rs. 2 lakhs shall be paid to the
victim as expeditiously as possible and positively within two months of the first
payment* Provided further that the victim may also be paid such further amount
as is admissible under this Scheme.
(3) After consideration of the matter, the SLSA or DLSA, as the case may be,
upon its satisfaction, shall decide the quantum of compensation to be awarded to
the victim or her dependent(s) taking into account the factors enumerated in
Clause 8 of the Scheme, as per schedule appended to this chapter. However, in
deserving cases, for reasons to be recorded, the upper limit may be exceeded.
Moreover, in case the victim is minor, the limit of compensation shall be deemed
to be 50% higher than the amount mentioned in the Schedule appended to this
chapter.
* Victims of Acid attack are also entitled to additional compensation of Rs. 1 lac
under Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund vide memorandum
no.
24013/94/Misc./2014-CSR-III/GoI/MHA dated 09.11.2016(copy attached)
Victims of Acid Attack are also entitled to additional special financial assistance
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paid by the respective State/UTs in terms of Central Victim Compensation Fund
Guidelines-2016, no. 24013/94/Misc/2014-CSR.III, MHA/GoI
(4)The SLSA/DLSA may call from any record or take assistance from any
Authority/Establishment/Individual/ Police/Court concerned or expert for smooth
implementation of the Scheme.
(5)In case trial/appellate court gives findings that the criminal complaint and the
allegation were false, then Legal Services Authority may initiate proceedings for
recovery of compensation, if any, granted in part or full under this Scheme,
before the Trial Court for its recovery as if it were a fine.13
10. THE ORDER TO BE PLACED ON RECORD—
Copy of the order of interim or final compensation passed under this Scheme
shall be placed on record of the trial Court so as to enable the trial Court to pass
an appropriate order of compensation under Section 357 of the Code. A true
copy of the order shall be provided to the IO in case the matter is pending
investigation and also to the victim/dependent as the case may be. 11.
METHOD OF DISBURSEMENT OF COMPENSATION—
(1) The amount of compensation so awarded shall be disbursed by the SLSA by

depositing the same in a Bank in the joint or single name of the
victim/dependent(s). In case the victim does not have any bank account, the
DLSA concern would facilitate opening of a bank account in the name of the
victim and in case the victim is a minor along with a guardian or in case, minor is
in a child care institution, the bank account shall be opened with the
Superintendent of the Institution as Guardian. However, in case the victim is a
foreign national or a refugee, the compensation can be disbursed by way of cash
cards. Interim amount shall be disbursed in full. However, as far as the final
compensation amount is
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concerned, 75% (seventy five percent) of the same shall be put in a fixed deposit
for a minimum period of three years and the remaining 25% (twenty five percent)
shall be available for utilization and initial expenses by the victim/dependent(s),
as the case may be.
(2)In the case of a minor, 80% of the amount of compensation so awarded, shall
be deposited in the fixed deposit account and shall be drawn only on attainment
of the age of majority, but not before three years of the deposit. Provided that in
exceptional cases, amounts may be withdrawn for educational or medical or other
pressing and urgent needs of the beneficiary at the discretion of the SLSA/
DLSA.
(3)The interest on the sum, if lying in FDR form, shall be credited directly by the
bank in the savings account of the victim/dependent(s), on monthly basis which
can be withdrawn by the beneficiary
12. INTERIM RELIEF TO THE VICTIM—

The State Legal Services Authority or District Legal Services Authority, as the
case may be, may order for immediate first-aid facility or medical benefits to be
made available free of cost or any other interim relief (including interim
monetary compensation) as deemed appropriate, to alleviate the suffering of the
victim on the certificate of a police officer, not below the rank of the officer-in-
charge of the police station, or a Magistrate of the area concerned or on the
application of the victim/ dependents or suo moto. Provided that as soon as the
application for compensation is received by the SLSA/DLSA, a sum of
Rs.5000/- or as the case warrants up to Rs. 10,000/- shall be immediately
disbursed to the victim through preloaded cash card from a Nationalised Bank by
the Secretary, DLSA or Member Secretary, SLSA. Provided that the, interim
relief so granted shall not be less than 25 per cent of the maximum compensation
awardable as per schedule applicable to this Chapter, which shall be paid to the
victim in totality.
Provided further that in cases of acid attack a sum of Rs. One lakh shall be paid
to the victim within 15 days of the matter being brought to the notice of
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SLSA/DLSA. The order granting interim compensation shall be passed by the
SLSA/DLSA within 7 days of the matter being brought to its notice and the
SLSA shall pay the compensation within 8 days of passing of order. Thereafter
an additional sum of Rs.2 lakhs shall be awarded and paid to the victim as
expeditiously as possible and positively within two months.
13.RECOVERY OF COMPENSATION AWARDED TO THE

VICTIM OR HER DEPENDENT(S)—
Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of Section 357A of the Code, the
State Legal Services Authority, in proper cases, may institute proceedings before
the competent court of law for recovery of the compensation granted to the
victim or her dependent(s) from person(s) responsible for causing loss or injury
as a result of the crime committed by him/her. The amount, so recovered, shall be
deposited in Woman Victim Compensation Fund.
14. DEPENDENCY CERTIFICATE—
The authority empowered to issue the dependency certificate shall issue the same
within a period of fifteen days and, in no case, this period shall be extended:
Provided that the SLSA/DLSA, in case of non-issuance of Dependency
Certificate, after expiry of 15 days, may proceed on the basis of an affidavit to be
obtained from the claimant.
15. MINOR VICTIMS –

That in case the victim is an orphaned minor without any parent or legal guardian
the immediate relief or the interim compensation shall be disbursed to the Bank
Account of the child, opened under the guardianship of the Superintendent, Child
Care Institutions where the child is lodged or in absence thereof, DDO/SDM, as
the case may be.
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16. LIMITATION-
Under the Scheme, no claim made by the victim or her dependent(s), under sub-
section (4) of Section 357A of the Code, shall be entertained after a period of 3
years from the date of occurrence of the offence or conclusion of the trial.
However, in deserving cases, on an application made in this regard, for reasons to
be recorded, the delay beyond three years can be condoned by the
SLSAs/DLSAs.
17. APPEAL:
In case the victim or her dependents are not satisfied with the quantum of
compensation awarded by the Secretary, DLSA, they can file appeal within 30
days from the date of receipt of order before the Chairperson, DLSA.
Provided that, delay in filing appeal may be condoned by the Appellate
Authority, for reasons to be recorded, in deserving cases, on an application
made in this
regard.
18. REPEAL & SAVINGS–
(1)In case this Chapter is silent on any issue pertaining to Victim Compensation
to Women, the provisions of Victim Compensation Scheme of the State would be
applicable.
(2)Nothing in this Scheme shall prevent Victims or their dependents from

instituting any Civil Suit or Claim against the perpetrator of offence or any other
person indirectly responsible for the same.
Explanation: It is clarified that this Chapter does not apply to minor victims
under POCSO Act, 2012 in so far as their compensation issues are to be dealt
with only by the Ld. Special Courts under Section 33 (8) of POCSO Act, 2012
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(7) of the POCSO Rules, 2012.
SCHEDULE APPLICABLE TO WOMEN VICTIM OF
CRIMES
S. No. Particulars of Minimum Limit Upper Limit of

loss or injury of compensation
Compensation
1 Loss of Life Rs. 5 Lakh Rs. 10 Lakh
2 Gang Rape Rs. 5 Lakh Rs. 10 Lakh
3 Rape Rs. 4 Lakh Rs. 7 Lakh
4 Unnatural Rs. 4 Lakh Rs. 7 Lakh
Sexual Assault
5 Loss of any Rs. 2 Lakh Rs. 5 Lakh
Limb or part of
body resulting in
80% permanent
disability or
above
6 Loss of any Rs. 2 Lakh Rs. 4 Lakh
Limb or part of
body resulting in
40% and below
80% permanent
disability
7 Loss of any limb Rs. 1 Lakh Rs. 3 Lakh
or part of body
resulting in
above 20% and
below 40%
permanen
t
disability
8 Loss of any limb Rs. 1 Lakh Rs. 2 Lakh
or part of body
resulting in
below
20%
permanen
t
disability
9 Grievous Rs. 1 Lakh Rs. 2 Lakh
physical
injury
or any mental
injury
requiring
rehabilitation
10 Loss of Foetus Rs. 2 Lakh Rs. 3 Lakh
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as a result of
Assault or loss
of fertility.
11 In case of Rs.3 Lakh Rs.4 Lakh
pregnancy on
account of rape.
12 Victims of Burning:
a. In case of Rs. 7 Lakh Rs. 8 Lakh
disfigurement of
case
b. In case of more Rs. 5 Lakh Rs. 8 Lakh
than 50%
c. In case of injury Rs. 3 Lakh Rs. 7 Lakh
less than 50%
d. In case of less Rs. 2 Lakh Rs. 3 Lakh
than 20%
13 Victims of Acid Attack-
a. In case of Rs. 7 Lakh Rs. 8 Lakh
disfigurement of
face.
b. In case of injury Rs. 5 Lakh Rs. 8 Lakh
more than 50%.
c. In case of injury Rs. 3 Lakh Rs. 5 Lakh
less than 50%.
d. In case of injury Rs. 3 Lakh Rs. 4 Lakh
less than 20%
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FORM –I
APPLICATION FOR THE AWARD OF COMPENSATION UNDER
COMPENSATION
SCHEME FOR WOMEN VICTIMS/SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT/OTHER CRIMES,
2018 FOR INTERIM/FINAL RELIEF FOR WOMEN
(ARTICLE)
STOPPING RAPE
Towards a comprehensive policy
By “Sylvia Walby, Philippa Olive, Jude Towers, Brian Francis,
Sofia Strid, Andrea Krizsán, Emanuela
Lombardo, Corinne May-Chahal, Suzanne Franzway, David Sugarman, Bina Agarwal and Jo Armstrong”
( I will just use some of the content to the above article to support my research)
INTRODUCTION
Rape shatters lives. Its traumatising effects can linger for many years after the immediate
pain and suffering. Rape is a consequence and a cause of gender inequality. It is an
injury to health; a crime; a violation of women’s human rights; and costly to both the
economy and society. Stopping rape requires changes to many policies and practices.
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There is no
simple solution; rather, a myriad of reforms are needed to prevent rape. New policies are
being innovated around the world, north and south, which are often intended to prevent
rape and to support victims/survivors simultaneously. This book provides an overview
of the current best practice from around the world for ending rape. In order to prevent
rape, it is necessary to know what causes rape. The selection of the examples of good
and promising practice in this book is guided by a theory of the causes of rape. The
causal pathways that lead to rape involve many of society’s institutions. These pathways
are embedded in the state and public services, including the criminal justice system and
healthcare; culture, media and education; in other forms and contexts of violence; and
in the economy. Stopping rape requires the effective mobilisation of all of these actors
and institutions. It is not a single institution that needs to change, however: most social
institutions need reform, and society needs transforming. Prevention is not a simple
matter of changing attitudes such as by ‘educating’ boys, although every reform
makes a contribution. Preventing rape requires reforms in the many institutions
that make up the social system. This, in turn, requires the deepening of the gender
dimension of democracy, and a reduction in overall gender inequalities. The
enormity of the task of preventing rape does not make it impossible. Stopping
rape can be achieved step by step. In order to achieve this goal we need
institutions that support the health and welfare of victims, deliver justice, deepen
democracy, reduce gender inequalities, and reduce other forms of violence, as
well as cultural change. The theories, evidence and practice presented in this
book are a contribution to the knowledge base needed to prevent rape.
WHAT WORKS TO PREVENT RAPE
This book is concerned with ‘what works’ to prevent rape. It identifies and
evaluates recent strategies and policy practices from around the world, including
the UK and the European Union (EU), drawing on the international academic and
policy literature. Preventing rape requires reforms to policies for major
institutions concerned with: strategy, planning and coordination; victim and
healthcare services; law and rules of the criminal justice system; conflict zones;
culture, media and education; and the economy. Separate chapters of the book
address the reforms needed in each of these policy fields.
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Strategy, planning and coordination
Strategy is needed to guide effective policy development and its implementation.
This requires the development of expertise as to ‘what works’ to reduce rape,
followed by the mainstreaming of this expertise into all relevant fields of public
policy. It requires coordination of the actions of a myriad of relevant institutions.
It requires research, supported by data and statistics, to build theory about the
causes of rape and in order to evaluate the effectiveness of policy practices. These
developments depend on reform of the policy-making apparatus itself through
the deepening of gendered democracy, for example, by reducing the gender
imbalance in decisionmaking, from Parliament to the police. The developments
concern: strategic planning; coordination; development of specialist services for
victim- survivors; research, data and statistics; and deepening gendered democracy.
The strategic development of effective policy to stop rape requires both the development
of specialist expertise and for actions by mainstream institutions to be routinely
informed by such expertise. The concept and practice of ‘gender mainstreaming’ was
developed when it was recognised that effective policy development for gender equality
required both the development of specialist expertise, and also that normal policy actors
incorporate these new practices into their mainstream work. There is often a tension
between the specialist expertise and the mainstream, but this is, or at least can be,
productive of deep positive changes in a broad range of policy developments. The
concept of ‘mainstreaming’ is applied here to the policy and practices needed to stop
rape. There needs to be both specialist units focused on the development of expertise in
stopping rape, and also the application of this expert knowledge by normal policy actors
in a wide range of mainstream policy domains. • Coordination of service provision: the
multiplicity of responses from a myriad of specialist and mainstream services requires
coordination at national and local level in order to be effective. There is a need for
national-level coordination and funding of policies, and also local-level cooperation of
the services needed to serve victims. At the local level, services need coordination in
order to ensure that a focus on the needs of the victim is achieved. The international and
regional levels are important for exchanging best practice.
•Specialised services for victim-survivors: The development of specialised services
focused on the needs of the victimsurvivors is very important.
•Research, data and statistics: strategic planning requires a knowledge base to provide
the evidence to evaluate policy developments. It requires research, data and statistics.
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Policies need to be assessed to find out ‘what works’ best in particular locations. It is
necessary to know how frequent rape is and how it is patterned, which requires
population surveys. It is necessary to know how successful services are in their specific
contribution to the stopping of rape, which requires relevant administrative data. It is
necessary to develop theories, tested against evidence, as to what causes rape in order
to help theevaluation of what is effective in preventing rape.
•Deepening gendered democracy: the development of a viable strategy to prevent rape
requires the deepening of gendered democracy, reducing the gender imbalance in
decisionmaking, so that women as well as men have an effective voice in the myriad of
relevant institutions where decisions are made as to policy priorities. This includes the
voices of those who have suffered rape. Deepening the gender dimension of democracy
is part of the overarching strategy to develop the institutions, policies and practices
needed to stop rape. It is unlikely that this can be achieved without a reduction in
overall gender inequality.
Victim services and healthcare systems
It is important to look after the victim-survivors. The hurt and harms from rape
are considerable and often long lasting. It is possible to mitigate the effects of
rape by good practice, speeding healing and recovery. This is potentially offered
both by specialised standalone support services and by expert practices based
within mainstream health services. The health system is potentially an important
source of assistance to victims of rape, helping them to recover, but, if poorly
organised, it may exacerbate the problem. Looking after the victims of rape is not
only important in its own right, but it also contributes to the effectiveness of
preventative practices, for example, by helping victim-survivors to endure the
gruelling processes of the criminal justice system to secure the convictions
necessary to remove impunity from rapists. Survivors of rape also have the
potential to contribute knowledge to assist the development of the best form of
services for victims, to educate the public in the realities of rape, and to contribute
to the improvement of policies. Strengthening the ability of victim-survivors to
contribute to these processes of deterrence, public education and policy reform is
important for the prevention of rape in the future.
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Law and the criminal justice system
Rape is illegal in most places in the world, but the implementation of laws against
rape is notoriously inadequate and still needs reform. The purpose of the criminal
justice system is to stop people from committing crime by deterrence through
punishment, and by rehabilitation in prisons and treatment programmes. But most
rapists are not convicted, which generates impunity. The deterrent effect of
potential punishment depends on rapists being convicted in the courts. This
requires reforms of the criminal justice system so that rapists are more usually
convicted. This is not to promote a punitive state, but rather the development of a
gender-sensitive state, which responds to the concerns of victim-survivors of
rape.
Conflict zones
Rape is more common when other forms of violence are more common. Rape is
more frequent in zones of conflict than of peace. The use of rape as a weapon of
war has consequences for the long-term perpetuation of ethnic hatred and
political instability. The absence of effective sanctioning of offenders can be
significant in conflict zones, where informal interventions to sanction offenders
may also be absent. Attempts to reduce the higher rates of sexual violence in
conflict zones have included reducing the gender imbalance in decision-making
in peacekeeping forces. Improving the gender balance in decision making is
important in decisional arenas, from peace keeping to parliaments. Reducing war
and other forms of violence is important for reducing rape.
Culture, media and education
The prevention of rape requires the changing of minds so that no man wants to
rape. The public decJhanvition that rape is a crime, and hence wrong, offers
significant symbolic power, which may be further enhanced by the successful use
of criminal sanctions. But contemporary culture is ambiguous and contradictory
on the status of rape, not least in the new social media. Aspects of pornography
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and the commercialisation of sex can contribute to gendered images that can be
conducive to rape. Such ‘rape culture’ can have detrimental effects on the
treatment of victims by the police, juries and others. Hence, culture, media and
education have become additional sites of action to prevent rape.
Economy
Gender inequalities in the economy matter, since it is hard to recuperate from rape
without a stable source of livelihood. In the case of domestic rape, where sexual
violence may be part of domestic violence, of a pattern of coercive control by an
intimate partner, economic inequalities are complexly entwined with
vulnerabilities to rape and other violence. Further, higher rates of violence are in
general associated with economic inequality: countries that have reduced rates of
economic inequality have lower rates of violence. Hence action to reduce
gendered economic inequalities can have immediate effects on the wellbeing and
resilience of victim-survivors as well as longer term effects on the structure of
other institutions that could act to prevent rape. Rape and other forms of violence
are linked to the economy. This perspective can be found within both the global
north and south. There are at least two major strands to this approach identifying
both processes in which violence damages the economy and those in which
economic inequality produces violence. Research for The World Bank has
identified violence as a detriment to economic development (Moser and Shader,
1999).Redwood, a departmental director of The World Bank, notes:‘Crime and
violence erode physical, human, natural, and social capital, undermine the
investment climate, and deplete the state’s capacity to govern. Previously
regarded as an issue of criminal pathology or human rights, violence is now
recognized as a macroeconomic problem’ (quoted in Moser and Shader, 1999,
pv). The negative impact of violence on the economy is identified in studies that
estimate the cost of violence, in particular the cost of gender-based violence
against women, for economy and society. In the EU, this is estimated to be €258
billion a year(Wallaby and Olive, 2014).There is also a causal pathway in the
reverse direction, which appears to flow from economic inequality to violent
crime,
59 | P a g e asFajnzylber et al (1998) found in a study for The World Bank Indeed, there are a
multitude of criminological studies, largely based in the global north, finding that
economic inequality is linked to violent crime, as in the meta-review of 63 studies
by Chirico’s (1987) of 34 studies by Hsieh and Pugh (1993),and the meta-
analysis of over 200 studies by Pratt and Cullen(2005). This is part of a wider
social science literature that links violence to other aspects of society (Wallaby,
2009, 2013; Ray,2011; Wallaby et al, 2014).Further, reductions in the amount of
resourcing for services to prevent violence against women (Towers and Wallaby,
2012) can have effects on the level of violence. Changes in the financing of
services for victim-survivors can have an impact not only on their well-being but
also on their ability to respond through engaging in the prosecution of the rapist
and in public education about the realities of rape. These wider consequences of
the funding of services for victim-survivors can assist the prevention of further
rapes.15
Gender equality
Each of these fields relevant to rape is shaped by wider gender inequalities in

society. Policy interventions to prevent rape are linked to the wider policy field
of gender equality. Addressing gendered inequalities in the economy, governance,
security and culture can improve the likelihood of successful interventions in
specific institutions that contribute to the prevention of rape.In particular,
reducing gender imbalance in decision-making improves the quality of the
decisions that are taken about priorities for resources. Violence against women, of
which rape is a particularly serious form, is a consequence of gender inequality
as well as itself contributing to that inequality (Brown miller, 1976;Kelly, 1988;
Wallaby, 2009; Brown and Walk late, 2012). This connection operates at several
levels: gendered economic and cultural inequalities increase the vulnerability of
the victim and the motivation and capacity of the rapist; gendered inequalities
indecision-making and politics reduce the likelihood of institutions prioritising
rape prevention policies; and the form of the gender regime affects the
structuring of gendered
15STOPPING RAPE Towards a comprehensive policy By “Sylvia Walby, Philippa Olive, Jude Towers, Brian Francis, Sofia Strid,
Andrea Krizsán, Emanuela Lombardo, Corinne May-Chahal, Suzanne Franzway, David Sugarman, Bina Agarwal and Jo
Armstrong”(article e-book).
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institutions and the relations between them. The development of effective policy
requires input from those who have experienced rape and from gender experts,
and it requires gender balance in the key decision-making arenas in order to
secure this. Making the relevant changes in policies requires the mobilisation of
relevant actors. This in turn also requires gender balance in each of the relevant
domains of decision-making, from the police to peacekeepers to
parliamentarians. The gender imbalance in decision-making means that women’s
experiences and interests are underrepresented when crucial decisions are made
in professional bodies, parliaments and conflict zones. Gender inequalities in the
governance and practice of culture, media and education have implications for
the likelihood that these institutions propagate rather than contest rape myths,
which affect juries making
verdicts of guilt and innocence in trials.'
Rethinking ‘prevention’
The prevention of rape requires the development of practices that disrupt the
causal pathways leading to rape. In order to prevent rape, it is thus necessary to
identify the causes of rape. One approach includes ‘prevention’ within an
ambitious attempt to identify the policy architecture needed for effective national
strategies to end violence against women, articulated in the6Ps of ‘perspective,
policy, prevention, provision, protection and prosecution’ (Coy et al, 2008; Kelly
et al, 2011), which has contributed to the development of UK national strategy
and plans (HM Government, 2009, 2010, 2015). Another approach, led from
public health, distinguishes between primary, secondary and tertiary prevention,
drawing on an ‘ecological model’ (Bronfenbrenner, 1977, 1979; Heise, 1998;
WHO, 2002,2014b; Loots et al, 2011; Walden and Wall, 2014). Each of these
approaches to ‘prevention’ contributes important elements to a model of causation
of rape, but each has some limitations. Three revisions of two approaches to the
theorisation of prevention are proposed. First, looking after victim-survivors helps
to prevent rape.It not only helps to mitigate the harms, but it is necessary: for the
proper functioning of the legal and justice system, that rape victims be supported
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to endure its processes so as to end impunity for rapists; for the education of the
public, policy-makers and politicians, that rape victims are supported to speak
out; and for the reform of the institutions that engage with rape, that survivors
confidently engage in their reform. Services for victims are part of prevention.
Second, prevention concerns more than changes to culture, norms and attitudes. It
requires reforms in all major social institutions, not only culture, media and
education; changing attitudes is not enough. All the sites of intervention that have
been identified are relevant and important, even if of varying importance. Hence
it is necessary to have and to improve interventions in: strategic planning and
decision-making; specialised victim support; health services; law and the criminal
justice system; conflict zones; culture, media and education; and the economy.
Third, the theory of rape that underpins the strategy for prevention should draw
on the concept of ‘institution’ in preference to that of ‘risk factor’, and connect
the components of the analysis using complex systems theory rather than merely
statistical correlations. It should draw on social scientific understandings of social
institutions and how these constitute the social system that is a society. The
model of prevention needs to be able to address both negative and positive
feedback loops (for example, the treatment and subsequent conduct of the
survivor).The evidence that is included should be all evidence: the field is not yet
so maturely developed, and nor is rape the type of phenomenon for which
relevant evidence can be restricted to the standards possible in medical science
(for example, random control trials and experimental methods written up in pee
review ed journals). When reviewing the knowledge base in this book, a broad
range of evidence is admitted for critical scrutiny. A more fully developed model
or theory of gender- based violence is needed. The effort put into developing an
effective approach to ‘prevention’ (Coy et al, 2008; Kelly et al, 2011;WHO,
2002, 2014b) indicates the importance of this agenda. This new approach to
theorising rape is developed during the course of the book, and is found in the
concluding chapter.
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Definitions of rape
Rape is a very serious form of violence. It is an important form of gender-based

violence against women. While all forms of gender-based violence against
women are serious, rape is especially hurtful and damaging, and can have long-
lasting consequences. Although some men are victims of rape, this is much less
common than among women. There are several approaches to defining rape.
Definitions have been developed by international bodies, in particular the United
Nations (UN)and the World Health Organization (WHO), although these are not
always in agreement. There are slight variations in definition between different
legal regimes, both those at a national level, and those of international regimes,
such as that of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2011a).
Popular culture often uses a concept of rape that is narrower than legal
definitions, especially as concerns the conduct of the victim. Social science has
used a range of concepts of rape and their operationalization in research.
Definitions may also vary by context, for example, depending on whether it takes
place in conflict zone or not. The UN (2010a) treats violence against women,
including rape, as a form of ‘gender-based discrimination’ as well as ‘violation
of women’s human rights’. Over the past two decades, violence against women
has come to be understood as a violation of women’s human rights and as a form
of gender-based discrimination. Legislation on violence against women should
be in conformity with the UN General Assembly DecJhanvition on the
elimination of violence against women (Resolution 48/104of 1993), read together
with Article 1 of the Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination
against women (UN, 1979),and general recommendations No 12 (1989) and 19
(1992) of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
(UN, 2010a, p 13).The WHO (2002) treats rape, other forms of sexual violence
and violence in general, as issues of public health. WHO Resolution WHA49.25
in 1996 ‘declares that violence is a leading worldwide public health problem.’
Rape is defined as: ‘Physically forced or otherwise coerced penetration – even if
slight – of the vulva or anus, using a penis, other body parts Oran object’ (WHO,
2002, p 149).The legal definition of rape varies slightly between legal regimes.
At its core, rape is
63 | P a g e coerced violation or penetration of the body. The nature of the coercion is
variously understood as the absence of consent, the use of force, the threat of use
of force, or a wider context of generalised coercion. There are variations in
whether the penetration can be with any object or is restricted to the penis;
whether the part of the body penetrated can include the mouth or anus, or is
restricted to the vagina. In legal terms, variations in the object and orifice
determine whether rape is only ever an offence by a man against a woman, or if
men can also be victims, or women can also be perpetrators. Legal developments
are discussed in more detail in the review of law below. The popular definition of
rape is often more restricted than the legal definition. Not only the general
public, but also even survivors of actions that are legally rape are reluctant to use
the term ‘rape’ unless the circumstances are more extreme than thelaw requires
(Wallaby and Mayhill, 2001). This is probably relatedto the stigmatisation of
rape victims in popular culture (Southland Wallaby, 1991). This discrepancy
between popular and legal definitions of rape has consequences for the treatment
of victims of rape and for the conviction of rapists by courts that use juries.
Social scientific research has investigated the range of meanings attached to the
term ‘rape’, and explored the implications of the different ways in which rape is
defined in both law and popular culture. The findings from this research mean
that some recent surveys offer behavioural descriptions rather than the summary
term ‘rape’ to respondents, gaining better understanding of the meaning of the
act to the survivor (Wallaby and Allen, 2004;Fisher, 2009). Further research has
developed the concept of ‘continuum of sexual violence’ so as to capture the
way in which small events are connected to create a context that is more
threatening than the sum of its parts (Kelly, 1988).The terms ‘victim’ and
‘survivor’ are used interchangeably in this book, although there are different
connotations attached to them. The use of the more conventional term, ‘victim’,
has-been subject to the criticism that it denies agency to the raped woman, and
hence that the term ‘survivor’ should be used instead to take account of her
actions (Kelly, 1988). However, it is also argued that to attribute agency to the
person who has-been raped is misleading since it might imply that actions bythis
person could have made a difference, and is thus consistent with victim blaming.
This study follows the practice that has developed in the field of using both
terms, ‘victim-survivor’, but when this is overly complex, the term ‘victim’ is
64 | P a g e used, while cognisant of its limitations. ‘Forced marriage’
might be considered to include rape, since the sex is without consent because the
marriage was ‘forced’. However, since the coercion into the marriage may be
from the family and kin of the woman, rather than from the man she marries, it is
not clear that the man, who did not coerce the marriage, is, in law, a rapist. A
similar issue arises in the case of trafficking of women for purposes of sexual
exploitation, where the sex is without consent since the victim was trafficked, but
where the man may be unaware that this is the case and believes the woman to
have consented. It is not clear that the man who buys the (coerced) sex is, in law,
a rapist. In law, the rapist is person who knows that he is coercing the woman as
he rapes her, but in the cases of forced marriage and trafficking, the coercionist
being done by someone other than the person engaging in the sex. Hence, while
the man doing the sex in both of these cases is not usually considered in law to
be a rapist, from the woman’s point of view this is nevertheless sex without
consent, because of the coercive context created by others.
Comprehensive rape crisis services: sexual assault crisis team in

the US (Such services should be started in India too):-
Specialist services to support victim-survivors of rape are a necessary part of the
best practice response, with the potential to mitigate the long lasting harms
inflicted. In supporting the victim-survivors, these services also act to prevent
rape, through supporting the victim in challenging the impunity of rapists
through the criminal justice system. There are a variety of components to these
services and their coordination so that the victim-survivor receives the best
support. SACT (Sexual Assault Crisis Team) practice is an example of best
practice in the provision of these services. SACT is a rape crisis shelter
intervention in the US that provides residential-based support for victim-
survivors of rape, sexual assault and sex trafficking, including those in the
immediate aftermath of a rape; those coming to terms with historic rape
experiences, including as a child; and those who have returned to the area to
testify at trial. SACT has been identified as an example of best practice by a 2011
resource sharing project for the National Sexual Assault Coalition (see
www.nsvrc.org/organizations/84).The shelter was established in 2002, and serves
around 20-30 victim survivors in its shelter
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overnight. Unlike many domestic violence shelters, all residential accommodation
is in solo rooms to accommodate the specific need for privacy of many rape
victim-survivors. The shelter works with both female and male victims of rape
and sexual violence. Its designed to have two completely separate sides, allowing
female and male victim-survivors’ privacy. Clients are also less likely to have
young children with them compared with those staying in domestic violence
shelters. Importantly, the board that oversees SACT is made up of people from
the communities it serves. The average stay in the shelter is three to five days,
although individuals who are looking for new housing options or who have other
needs might stay longer. There is no limit to the time SACT permits a survivor to
stay; as long as they are working towards their goals, they can keep their
residential place (Bein and Hurt, 2011).As well as residential accommodation,
SACT provides a 24-hour sexual assault hotline answered by trained advocates,
and a range of advocacy services for both residential and non-residential clients,
including hospital advocacy, legal advocacy, attorney consultation through a
specialist law project, education, training and support programmes, information
and training on date rape, stranger rape, surviving incest, inner child workshops,
ritualised or sadistic abuse, different types of harassment, support groups, for
profit, worship, or group/gang-related sexual violence and criminal activity, and
school and community safety programmes. SACT is now certified to provide
bystander training and offers an onsite campus office at the local military
academy, adding prevention programming to all aspects of the SACT programme
(SACT, 2013). SACT is a non-profit organisation staffed by personnel with over
40 hours of initial training in sexual violence, and ongoing training in supporting
victim-survivors of rape and sexual assault. Recipients are female victim
survivors of rape and sexual assault and male victim-survivors of rape and sexual
and domestic assault. As well as serving the local community, referrals to SACT
have also come from across the country, including California, Connecticut, New
York and Boston. The goal of SACT is to provide comprehensive services to
victim- survivors of sexual violence, including emergency shelter and transitional
housing for female victims of sexual violence and male victim-survivors of
sexual or domestic violence, legal and medical advocacy, crisis services, support
groups and educational forums. To address the problem of sexual violence in the
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these services are designed to meet the needs of both female and male victim-
survivors, and services are also available to victim-survivors’ non-offending
family members and support networks(SACT, 2013). SACT’s vision is that ‘the
shelter serves every non-offending human being’ (2013). SACT is designed to
provide immediate support to victim-survivors of rape, including accessing health
and legal services; tore-build victim-survivors’ self-esteem and self-confidence;
and to come to terms with what has happened to them no matter when the rape
occurred (that is, SACT works with victim-survivors in the immediate aftermath
of a rape and with those who were raped longer ago, including those adults who
experienced rape or sexual abuse as children). In addition, SACT provides
training around prevention, dating violence and healthy relationships to help
prevent re- victimisation in the future by enabling victim-survivors, non-
offending family members, high schools and colleges, the community at large,
and other professionals to better understand the nature of sexual violence, and to
develop access to independent living through education and training. Prior to the
opening of the shelter, SACT was already providing outreach services, but was
having difficulty finding appropriate shelter for victim survivors of rape. While
the local domestic violence shelter would certainly take in female sexual assault
victim- survivors, the shelter’s massive workload prevented the development of
specific services tosupport rape and sexual assault victim-survivors in their
recovery. SACT already had this expertise from running the 24-hour hotline and
outreach services for victim-survivors of rape, and therefore the shelter was
conceived of to fill an identified need using the knowledge and skills already
available in the local rape and domestic and sexual assault support community
(Bein and Hurt, 2011).In keeping with its vision (to serve every non-offending
human being),SACT provides residential services to male victims of rape, sexual
and domestic violence, as well as female victims of rape and sexual violence.
This enables SACT to address a gap in local provision because the local
domestic violence shelter was not able to house men, so male clients were being
housed in hotel rooms that did not enable a good model of support and recovery
to be delivered, and created additional concerns around client safety and client-
advocate meetings (Bein and Hurt, 2011).The shelter ensures issues of privacy
and personal safety are taken very seriously. For example, they recognised
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would need to offer bathrooms and showers that individuals could use privately,
and that shelter residents would need to be able to lock their doors and be alone
whenever they chose. All bedrooms are designed for solo occupation, unless there
is a non-offending partner whom the survivor chooses to accompany them. While
many of these requirements are similar to those for domestic violence victim-
survivors, other ‘rules ‘that work well in these types of shelters need to be
adapted to support victim-survivors of rape. SACT also houses family members
of victim survivors who have come to town to provide support in the immediate
aftermath of a rape, as well as victim-survivors who are returning to town to deal
with legal processes and trials. SACT works collaboratively with organisations
across the country, which enables it to meet the needs of diverse range of
recipients. For example, through collaborative work with the state-wide Vermont
Pride Center, SACT provides specialised services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
trans or questioning (LGBTQ) community, especially the transgender
community and bias/hate crime victims. Their needs for safe housing and shelter
are for longer periods of time as the violence often occurs in the home or they are
already on the streets and cannot return to their home of origin. They must re-
establish their lives in a different location. SACT also works in collaboration with
the local children’s advocacy centre, for child victims and non-offending parents
or guardians, and receives referrals from mental health agencies, therapists, other
community programmes such as the Council on Aging, as well as other shelters
and network programmes when they have reached capacity. SACT also provides
shelter and services for victim-survivors and the professionals who are involved
in the work of stopping human sex trafficking, including law enforcement,
attorneys and both state and federal professionals.
Top ten policy reforms
1. Plan. Have a plan, a strategy, a gender-sensitive perspective, a policy, a form

of coordination, and systematic evaluation. All states should have NAPs; all
major policy bodies should have a plan.
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2.Data. Have data to assess if the plan is working – surveys to measure the extent
of rape and sexual assault in society; administrative statistics to assess if each
policy body is achieving their planned contribution; and research to investigate
newinterventions.
3.Services for victim-survivors. Provide expert services and healthcare for victim-
survivors – specialised services, including mental health, expert advocates and
well-trained personnel in mainstream services.
4. Law. Ratify the Istanbul Convention and implement its provisions.
5.Criminal justice. Reduce the attrition of cases as they proceed through the
criminal justice system, from a police report to conviction, and reduce secondary
victimisation.
6.Conflict zones. Include women in decision-making in all relevant forums, from

peacekeeping troops to peace negotiations to disaster committees; prioritise
political negotiations rather than armed conflict.
7.Culture, media and education. Challenge the new and old media to reduce the
propagation of rape myths and rape culture.
8.Economy. Ensure all victims have access to income to mitigate the effects of
rape – reduce gendered economic inequalities to reduce vulnerability.
9.Reduce gender inequality. Reduce the gender inequalities that contribute to rape
and other forms of gender-based violence, such as gender imbalance in decision-
making.
10.Reduce violence. Prioritise policy options that reduce violence, so as to cease

feeding violence with violence.16
16
Tewksbury, R., Jennings, W.G. and Zgoba, K. (2012) ‘A longitudinal examination of sex offender recidivism prior
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Conclusions
Hence we conclude that theories of the causation of rape need to deepen in
sophistication in order to better establish the foundations for policy based on
‘what works’. It is necessary to go beyond the simple models of rape that identify
only the ‘risk factors’ that affect the vulnerability of victims to rape and the
propensity of men to rape. It is important to build a complex systems model that
includes each of the institutions that currently contributes to rape, and that could
potentially be part of prevention. Each of the relevant institutions has an effect
not only on individuals, but also on the other institutions relevant to rape. The
effects of institutions on institutions are important – they should not be
neglected, as is often the case in the ‘risk factor’ model. One implication is that
better provision for victim-survivors of rape can prevent rape, in addition to
mitigating its harms. Better provision of services has been focused on mitigating
the harms of rape on the victim-survivor. But it has wider effects. Abetter
supported victim-survivor is more able to effect change son relevant institutions.
Stronger victim-survivors are better able to endure the criminal justice system,
thereby leading to higher conviction rates; to speak out and educate the public
and policy-makers on the reality of rape, thereby challenging rape myths; and
thus to contribute to rape prevention. The institutions relevant to the causation
and prevention of rape are themselves shaped by wider societal forms, including
the gender regime and the system of violence. Gender regimes vary in gendered
economic inequalities, gendered imbalances in decision-making, gendered
participation in civil society, and gendered violence. Variations in gender
inequality shape the institutions of the system of rape: reducing gendered
inequalities reduces rape. Societies vary in the extent to which they are violent:
institutions generating violence cluster so that if there is more of one form of
violence, there are more of the other forms of violence. Reducing violence
overall reduces rape. The production and prevention of rape can be understood
to occur at three levels of analysis: societal-level systems (gender regimes,
overall violence); social institutions (planning/political,
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health, law and criminal justice, conflict/military, civil society, economy); and
individual victims and rapists.17
IMMORAL TRAFFIC PREVENTION ACT, 1956

( Let us go through some of the relevant part and sections of the Immoral
traffic prevention Act, 1956)
2. Definitions.—
In this Act. unless the context otherwise requires—(a) “brothel“ includes any
house, room, conveyance or place, or any portion of any house, room,
conveyance or place, which is used for purposes of sexual exploitation or abuse
for the gain of another person or for the mutual gain of two or more prostitutes;
(aa) “child“ means a person who has not completed the age of sixteen years;
(b) “corrective institution“ means an institution, by whatever name called
(being an institution established or licensed as such under Section 21), in which
persons, who are in need of correction, may be detained under this Act, and
includes a shelter where under trials may be kept in pursuance of this Act;
(c)“magistrate“ means a Magistrate specified in the second column of the
Schedule as being competent to exercise the powers conferred by the section
in which the expression occurs and which is specified in the first column of
the Schedule;
(ca) “major“ means a person who has completed the age of eighteen
years;18
(cb) “minor“ means a person who has completed the age of sixteen years but has
not completed the age of eighteen years;
17
Tewksbury, R., Jennings, W.G. and Zgoba, K. (2012) ‘A longitudinal examination of sex offender recidivism prior
to and following the implementation of SORN’, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, vol 30, no 3, pp 308-28.
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(d) “prescribed“ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) [1] [ * * * * * * ].
(f)“prostitution“ means the sexual exploitation or abuse of persons for
commercial purposes, and the expression “prostitute” shall be construed
accordingly;
(g)“protective home“ means an institution, by whatever name called being an
institution established or licensed as such under Section 21), in which persons
who are in need of care and protection, may be kept under this Act and where
appropriate technically qualified persons, equipment’s and other facilities have
been provided but does not include,—
(i) a shelter where under trials may be kept in pursuance of this Act, or
(ii) a corrective institution;
(h) “public place“ means any place intended for use by, or accessible to, the
public and includes any public conveyance;
(i)“special police officer” means a police officer appointed by or on behalf of the
State government to be in charge of police duties within a specified area for the
purpose of this Act;
(j) “trafficking police officer“ means a police officer appointed by the Central
Government under sub-section (4) of Section 13.
Comments
Prostitution—Police raid—Nine girls recovered—Enquiry conducted under Sec.

17—Medical examination report stating to have had sexual intercourse within a
week before examination— Detention order— Appeal—No evidence as to
petitioners living in or carrying on prostitution brothel at time of raid—No
evidence to prove that petitioners were seducing any person for the purpose of
prostitution—Profession of accused stated to be dancing & singing—Held :—
Sexual intercourse by itself is not an offence—Prostitution by itself is not an
offence—Petition allowed. Kumari Sangeeta v. State and another. 1996 Cr.R.
129 (Delhi)
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2-A. Rule of construction regarding enactments not extending to Jammu and
Kashmir .—Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in the State
of Jammu and Kashmir shall in relation to that State, be construed as a reference
to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State.
3. Punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as a brothel.

— (1) Any person who keeps or manages, or acts or assists in the keeping or
management of, a brothel, shall be punishable on first conviction with rigorous
imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than three years
and also with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees and in the event of
a second or subsequent to conviction with rigorous imprisonment for a term of
not less than two years and not more than five years and also with fine which
may extend to two thousand rupees.
(2) a any person who,—(a) being the tenant, lessee, occupier or person in charge
of any premises, uses, or knowingly allows any other person to use, such
premises or any part thereof as a brothel, or
(b) being the owner, lessor or landlord of any premises or the agent of such
owner, lessor or landlord, lets the same or any part thereof with the knowledge
that the same or any part thereof is intended to be used as a brothel, or is wilfully
a party to the use of such premises or any part thereof as a brothel, shall be
punishable on first conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend
to two years and with fine which fine which may extend to two thousand rupees
and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction, with rigorous
imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine.
(2-A) For the purposes of sub-section (2), it shall be presumed, until the contrary
is proved, that any person referred to in clause (a) or clause (b)
of that sub-section, is knowingly allowing the premises or any part thereof to be
used as a brothel or, as the case may be, has knowledge that the premises or any
part thereof are being used as a brothel, if,—
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(a)a report is published in a newspaper having circulation in the area in which
such person resides to the effect that the premises or any part thereof have been
found to be used for prostitution as a result of a search made under this Act; or
(b)a copy of the list of all things found during the search referred to in clause (a)
is given to such person.
(3) Notwithstanding any thing contained in any other law for the time being in
force, on conviction of any person referred to in clause (a) or clause (d) of sub-
section (2) of any offence under that sub-section in respect of any premises or
any part thereof, any lease or agreement under which such premises have been
leased out or held or occupied at the time of the commission of the offence, shall
become void and inoperative with effect from the date of the said conviction.
4. Punishment for living on the earnings of prostitution .—(1) Any person over
the age of eighteen years who knowingly lives, wholly or in part, on the earnings
of the prostitution of any other person shall be punishable with imprisonment for
a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one
thousand rupees, or with both, and where such earnings relate to the prostitution
of a child or a minor, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term of not
less than seven years and not more than ten years.
(2) Where any person over the age of eighteen years is proved,—
(a) to be living with, or to be habitually in the company of, a prostitute; or
(b)to have exercised control, direction or influence over the movements of a

prostitute in such a manner as to show that such person is aiding abetting or
compelling her prostitution; or
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(c) to be acting as a tout or pimp on behalf of a prostitute, it shall be presumed,
until the contrary is proved, that such person is knowingly living on the earnings
of prostitution of another person within the meaning of sub- section (1).
5. Procuring, inducing or taking person for the sake of prostitution.—(1) Any

person who—
(a)procures or attempts to procure a person whether with or without his/her

consent, for the purpose of prostitution; or
(b)induces a person to go from any place, with the intent that he/she may for the
purpose of prostitution become the inmate of, or frequent, a brothel; or
(c) takes or attempts to take a person or causes a person to be taken, from
one place to another with a view to his/her carrying on, or being brought up to
carry on prostitution ; or
(d) causes or induces a person to carry on prostitution;
shall be punishable on conviction with rigorous imprisonment for a term of not

less than three years and not more than seven years and also with fine which may
extend to two thousand rupees, and if any offence under this sub-section is
committed against the will of any person, the punishment of imprisonment for a
term of seven years shall extend to imprisonment for a term of fourteen years:
Provided that if the person in respect of whom an offence committed under this
sub-section,—
(i) is a child, the punishment provided under this sub-section shall extend
to rigorous imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years but may extend
to life; and
(ii)is a minor, the punishment provided under this sub-section shall extend to
rigorous imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years and not more than
fourteen years.
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[2] (2) [ **** ** ]
(3) An offence under this section shall be triable,—
(a)in the place from which a person is procured, induced to go, taken or caused
to be taken or from which an attempt to procure or taken such persons made; or
(b)in the place to which she may have gone as a result of the inducement or to
which he/she is taken or caused to be taken or an attempt to take him/her is
made.
6. Detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on.—(1) Any

person who detains any other person, whether with or without his consent,—
(a) in any brothel, or (b) in or upon any premises with intent that such person
may have sexual intercourse with a person who is not the spouse of such person,
shall be punishable on conviction, with imprisonment of either description for a
term which shall not be less than seven years but which may be for life or for a
term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine:
Provided that the court may for adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in
the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term which may be less
than seven years.
(2) Where any person is found with a child in a brothel, it shall be presumed,
unless the contrary is proved, that he has committed an offence
under sub-section (1).
(2-A) Where a child or minor found in a brothel, is, on medical examination,

detected to have been sexually abused, it shall be presumed unless the contrary is
proved, that the child or minor has been detained for purposes of prostitution or,
as the case may be, has been sexually exploited for
commercial purposes.
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(3)A person shall be presumed to detain a person in a brothel or in upon any
premises for the purpose of sexual intercourse with a man other than her lawful
husband, if such person, with intent to compel or induce her to remain there,—
(a)with holds from her any jewellery, wearing apparel, money or other property
belonging to her, or
(b) threatens her with legal proceedings if she takes away with her any
jewellery, wearing apparel, money or other property lent or supplied to her by or
by the direction of such person.
(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no suit, prosecution or other legal
proceeding shall lie against such woman or girl at the instance of the person by
whom she has been detained, for the recovery of any jewellery, wearing apparel
or other property alleged to have been lent or supplied to or for such woman or
girl or to have been pledged by such woman or girl or for the recovery of any
money alleged to be payable by such woman or girl.
7. Prostitution in or in the vicinity of public place.—(1) Any person who carries

on prostitution and the person with whom such prostitution is carried on, in any
premises:(a) which are within the area or areas, notified under sub-section (3),
or(b) which are within a distance of two hundred meters of any place of public
religious worship, educational institution, hotel, hospital, nursing home or such
other public place of any kind as may be notified in this behalf by the
Commissioner of Police or Magistrate in the manner prescribed, shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months.
(1-A) Where an offence committed under sub-section (1) is in respect of a child

or minor, the person committing the offence shall be punishable with
imprisonment of either description for a term which not be less than seven years
but which may be for life or for a term which may extend to ten years
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Provided that the Court may, for adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in
the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than seven
years.
(2) Any person who:

(a)being the keeper of any public place knowingly permits prostitutes for
purposes of their trade to resort to or remain in such place; or
(b)being the tenant, lessee, occupier or person in charge of any premises referred
to in subsection(1) knowingly permits the same or any part thereof
to be used for prostitution; or
(c)being the owner, lessor or landlord of any premises referred to in sub- section
(1), or the agent of such owner, lessor or landlord, lets the same or any part
thereof with the knowledge that the same or any part thereof may be used for
prostitution, or is wilfully a party to such use.
shall be punishable on first conviction with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or
with both, and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and also with fine,
which may extend to two hundred rupees, and if the public place or premises
happen to be a hotel, the license for carrying on the business of such hotel under
any law for the time being in force shall also be liable to be suspended for a
period of not less than three months but which may extend to one year:
17-A. Conditions to be observed before placing persons rescued under Section 16

to parents or guardians .—Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2)
of Section 17, the magistrate making an inquiry under Section 17, may, before
passing an order for handing over any person rescued under Section 16 to the
parents, guardian or husband, satisfy himself about the capacity or genuineness
of the parents, guardian or husband to keep such person by causing an
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18. Closure of brothel and eviction of offenders from the premises .—(1) A
Magistrate may, on receipt of information from the police or otherwise, that any
house, room, place or any portion thereof within a distance of two hundred
metres of any public place referred to in sub-section (1)of Section 7 is being run
or used as a brothel by any person, or is being used by prostitutes for carrying on
their trade, issue notice on the owner, lessor or landlord or such house, room,
place or portion or the agent of the owner, lessor or landlord or on the tenant,
lessee, occupier of, or any other person in charge of such house, room, place, or
portion, to show cause within seven days of the receipt of the notice why the
same should not be attached for improper use there of,and if, after hearing the
person concerned, the Magistrate is satisfied that the house, room, place or
portion is being used as a brothel or for carrying on prostitution, then the
Magistrate may pass orders,—
(a) directing eviction of the occupier within seven days of the passing of the order
from the house, room, place, or portion;
(b) directing that before letting it out during the period of one year or in a
case where a child or minor has been found in such house, room, place or portion
during a search under Section 15,during the period of three years, immediately
after the passing of the order, the owner, lessor or landlord or the agent of the
owner, lessor or landlord shall obtain the previous approval of the Magistrate;
20. Removal of prostitute from any place.—(1) A Magistrate on receiving

information that any person residing in or frequenting any place within the local
limits of his jurisdiction is a prostitute, may record the substance of the
information received and issue a notice to such person requiring her to appear
before the Magistrate and show cause why she should not be required to remove
herself from the place and be prohibited form re- entering it.19
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THE INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
PROHIBITION ACT, 1986
( Let us go through some of the relevant part and sections of The Indecent
representation of women prohibition Act, 1986)20
An Act to prohibit indecent representation of women through advertisements or

in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a)“advertisement” includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper or other document
and also includes any visible representation made by means of any light, sound,
smoke or gas;
(b)“distribution” includes distribution by way of samples whether free or
otherwise;
(c)“indecent representation of women” means the depiction in any manner of the
figure of a woman, her form or body or any part thereof in such a way as to have
the effect of being indecent, or derogatory to, or denigrating, women, or is likely
to deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality or morals;
(d)“label” means any written, marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter, affixed
to, or appearing upon, any package;
(e) “package” includes a box, carton, tin or other container;
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
3. Prohibition of advertisements containing indecent representation of

women.—No person shall publish, or cause to be published, or arrange or take
part in the publication or exhibition of, any advertisement which contains
indecent representation of women in any form.
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4. Prohibition of publication or sending by post of books, pamphlets, etc.,
containing indecent representation of women.—No person shall produce or
cause to be produced, sell, let to hire, distribute, circulate or send by post any
book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting, photograph,
representation or figure which contains indecent representation of women in any
form:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to—

(a) any book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing, painting,
photograph, representation or figure—
(i)the publication of which is proved to be justified as being for the public good
on the ground that such book, pamphlet, paper, slide, film, writing, drawing,
painting, photograph, representation or figure is in the interest of science,
literature, art, or learning or other objects of general concern; or
(ii) which is kept or used bona fide for religious purposes;
(b) any representation sculptured, engraved, painted or otherwise represented on

or in—
(iii)any ancient monument within the meaning of the Ancient Monument and
Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958); or
(iv)any temple, or on any car used for the conveyance of idols, or kept or used for
any religious purpose;
(c) any film in respect of which the provisions of Part II of the Cinematograph
Act, 1952 (37 of 1952), will be applicable.
5. Powers to enter and search.—(1) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed,

any Gazetted Officer authorised by the State Government may, within the local
limits of the area for which he is so authorised,—
(a) enter and search at all reasonable times, with such assistance, if any, as he
considers necessary, any place in which he has reason to believe that an offence
under this Act has been or is being committed;
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(b)seize any advertisement or any book, pamphlet, paper, slide film, writing,
drawing, painting, photograph, representation or figure which he has reason to
believe contravenes any of the provisions of this Act;
(c)examine any record, register, document or any other material object found in
any place mentioned in clause (a) and seize the same if he has reason to believe
that it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under
this Act:
Provided that no entry under this sub-section shall be made into a private
dwelling house without a warrant:
Provided further that the power of seizure under this sub-section may be
exercised in respect of any document, article or thing which contains any such
advertisement, including the contents, if any, of such document, article or thing,
if the advertisement cannot be separated by reason of its being embossed or
otherwise from such document, article or thing without affecting the integrity,
utility or saleable value thereof.
(2)The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall, so
far as may be, apply to any search or seizure under this Act as they apply to any
search or seizure made under the authority of a warrant issued under section 94 of
the said Code.
(3)Where any person seizes anything under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section
(1), he shall, as soon as may be, inform the nearest Magistrate and take his orders
as to the custody thereof.
6.Penalty.—Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 3 or section
4 shall be punishable on first conviction with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to two years, and with fine which may extend two
thousand rupees, and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with
imprisonment for a term of not less than six months but which may extend to five
years and also with a fine not less than ten thousand rupees but which may
extend to one lakh rupees.
7. Offences by companies.—(1) Where an offence under this Act has been
committed by a company, every person, who, at the time the offence was
committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the
conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be
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guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly:21
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person
liable to any punishment, if he proves that the offence was committed without his
knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission
of such offence.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence
under this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence
has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any
neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the
company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be proceeded
against and punished accordingly.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,— (a) “company” means any
body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and
(b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.
8. Offences to be cognizable and bailable.—(1) Notwithstanding anything

contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), an offence
punishable under this Act shall be bailable.
(2) An offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable.
9.Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal

proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any State Government or
any officer of the Central Government or any State Government for anything
which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
10.Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in

the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power,
such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
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(a) the manner in which the seizure of advertisements or other articles shall be made,
and the manner in which the seizure list shall be prepared and delivered to the
person from whose custody any advertisement or other article has been seized;
(b) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.
(3) Every rule made under this Act, shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is
made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session for a total period of
thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive
sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the
session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any
modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made,
the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect,
as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall
be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that
rule.22
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT

WORKPLACE ACT, 2013
( Let us go through some of the relevant part and sections of The Sexual
harassment of women at workplace Act, 2013)
An Act to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace

and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS sexual harassment results in violation of the fundamental rights of a

woman to equality under articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India and her
right to life and to live with dignity under article 21 of the Constitution and right
to practice any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business with
includes a right to a safe environment free from sexual harassment;
AND WHEREAS the protection against sexual harassment and the right to work
with dignity are universally recognised human rights by international conventions
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and instruments such as Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination against Women, which has been ratified on the 25th June, 1993
by the Government of India;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions for giving effect to the said
Convention for protection of women against sexual harassment at workplace.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, —

(a)“aggrieved woman” means— (i) in relation to a workplace, a woman, of any
age whether employed or not, who alleges to have been subjected to any act of
sexual harassment by the respondent; (ii) in relation to dwelling place or house, a
woman of any age who is employed in such a dwelling place or house;
(b)“appropriate Government” means— (i) in relation to a workplace which is
established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds
provided directly or indirectly—
(A)by the Central Government or the Union territory administration, the Central
Government;
(B) by the State Government, the State Government;
(c)“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Local Complaints Committee

nominated under sub-section (1) of section 7;
(d) “District Officer” means on officer notified under section 5;
(e) “domestic worker” means a woman who is employed to do the household
work
in any household for remuneration whether in cash or kind, either directly or
through any agency on a temporary, permanent, part time or full time basis, but
does not include any member of the family of the employer;
(f) “employee” means a person employed at a workplace for any work on regular,
temporary, ad hoc or daily wage basis, either directly or through an agent,
including a contractor, with or, without the knowledge of the principal employer,
whether for remuneration or not, or working on a voluntary basis or otherwise,
whether the terms of employment are express or implied and includes a co-
worker, a contract worker, probationer, trainee, apprentice or called by any other
such name;
(g) “employer” means—
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(i)in relation to any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment,
enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit of the appropriate Government or a
local authority, the head of that department, organisation, undertaking,
establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit or such other officer
as the appropriate Government or the local authority, as the case may be, may by
an order specify in this behalf;
(ii)in any workplace not covered under sub-clause (i), any person responsible for
the management, supervision and control of the workplace.
Explanation. —For the purposes of this sub-clause “management” includes the
person or board or committee responsible for formulation and administration of
polices for such organisation;
(iii)in relation to workplace covered under sub-clauses (i) and (ii), the person
discharging contractual obligations with respect to his or her employees;
(iv) in relation to a dwelling place or house, a person or a household who employs
or benefits from the employment of domestic worker, irrespective of the number,
time period or type of such worker employed, or the nature of the employment or
activities performed by the domestic worker;
(h) “Internal Committee” means an Internal Complaints Committee constituted
under section 4;
(i) “Local Committee” means the Local Complaints Committee constituted under
section 6;
(j)“Member” means a Member of the Internal Committee or the Local
Committee, as the case may be;
(k) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(l)“Presiding Officer” means the Presiding Officer of the Internal Complaints
Committee nominated under sub-section (2) of section 4;
(m)“respondent’ means a person against whom the aggrieved woman has made a
complaint under section 9;
(n)“sexual harassment” includes any one or more of the following unwelcome
acts or behavior (whether directly or by implication) namely:—
(i) physical contact and advances; or
(ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or
(iii) making sexually coloured remarks; or
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(iv) showing pornography; or
(v) any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature;
3. Prevention of sexual harassment.—(1) No woman shall be subjected to

sexual harassment at any workplace. (2) The following circumstances, among
other circumstances, if it occurs, or is present in relation to or connected with any
act or behavior of sexual harassment may amount to sexual harassment:—
(vi)implied or explicit promise of preferential treatment in her employment; or

(vii)implied or explicit threat of detrimental treatment in her employment ; or
(viii)implied or explicit threat about her present or future employment status; or
(ix)interference with her work or creating an intimidating or offensive or hostile
work environment for her; or
(x) humiliating treatment likely to affect her health or safety.
7. Composition, tenure and other terms and conditions of 2[Local

Committee].—(1) The 2[Local Committee] shall consist of the following
members to be nominated by the District Officer, namely: —
(a)a Chairperson to be nominated from amongst the eminent women in the field
of social work and committed to the cause of women;
(b)one Member to be nominated from amongst the women working in block,
taluka or tehsil or ward or municipality in the district;
(c)two Members, of whom at least one shall be a woman, to be nominated from
amongst such non-governmental organisations or associations committed to the
cause of women or a person familiar with the issues relating to sexual
harassment, which may be prescribed:
Provided that at least one of the nominees should, preferably, have a background
in law or legal knowledge: Provided further that at least one of the nominees shall
be a woman belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or the
Other Backward Classes or minority community notified by the Central
Government, from time to time;
(d)the concerned officer dealing with the social welfare or women and child
development in the district, shall be a member ex officio.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 186023
( Let us go through some of the relevant part and sections of The Indian
Penal Code, 1860 2013)
Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to provide a general Penal Code for

2[India]; It is enacted as follows:—
1.Title and extent of operation of the Code.—This Act shall be called the
Indian Penal Code, and shall 3[extend to the whole of India 4[except the State of
Jammu and Kashmir]].
2. Punishment of offences committed within India.—Every person shall be
liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission
contrary to the provisions thereof, of which he shall be guilty within 5[India]
6****.
23 Indian penal code. 1860 (https://legislative.gov.in),

. Subs. by Act 4 of 1898, s. 2, for section 4.
10. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for cls. (1) to (4).
11. Ins. by Act 10 of 2009, s. 51 (w.e.f. 27-10-2009).
12. Subs. by s. 51, ibid., for the Explanation (w.e.f. 27-10-2009
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3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried
within, India.—
Any person liable, by any 7[Indian law], to be tried for an offence committed
beyond 8[India] shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Code for
any act committed beyond 8[India] in the same manner as if such act had been
committed within 5[India].
9[4. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences.—The provisions of this
Code apply also to any offence committed by—
10[(1) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India;
(2) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India wherever it may be.]
11[(3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence
targeting a computer resource located in India.]24
12[Explanation.—In this section—(a) the word “offence” includes every act
committed outside India which, if committed in India, would be punishable under
this Code; (b) the expression “computer resource” shall have the meaning
24 Indian penal code. 1860 (https://legislative.gov.in),

1. The Indian Penal Code has been extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941) and has
been declared in force
in—
Sonthal Parganas, by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation 1872 (3 of 1872) s. 2;
Panth Piploda, by the Panth Piploda Laws Regulation, 1929 (1 of 1929), s. 2 and the Sch.;
Khondmals District, by the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936), s. 3 and the Sch; and
Angul District, by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), s. 3 and the Sch.
It has been declared under s. 3 (a) of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), to be in
force in the following
Scheduled Districts, namely: the United Provinces Tarai Districts, see Gazette of India, 1876, Pt. I, p. 505; the
Districts of
Hazaribagh, Lohardaga [now called the Ranchi District, see Calcutta Gazetta, 1899, Pt. I, p. 44] and Manbhum and
Pargana Dhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singhbum—see Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, p. 504.
It has been extended under s. 5 of the same Act to the Lushai Hills—see Gazette of India, 1898, Pt. II, p. 345.
The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Sch; to Dadra and Nagar Haveli
by Reg. 6
of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I.; to Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I and to Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of
1965,
s. 3 and Sch.
2.The words “British India” have successively been subs. by the A.O. 1948, the A.O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3
and the Sch.,
to read as above.
3.The Original words have successively been amended by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and Sch. I, the A.O. 1937, the A.O.
1948 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.
Https://devgan.in/ipc/section/354
4. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for “except Part B States”.
5. The original words “the said territories” have successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A.O. 1948, the
A.O 1950 and
Act
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g e s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
assigned to it in clause (k) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information
Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);]
1[Illustration]
2***A, 3[who is 4[a citizen of India]], commits a murder in Uganda. He can
be tried and convicted of murder in any place in 5[India] in which he may be
found.
Basically assault on women is defined under Section 354 to 354 D of the

Indian Penal Code, 1680. And hence let us go through those sections of
Indian Penal code, 1860.
SECTION 354
Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.—

Whoever Assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or
knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty, 1[shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be
less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to
fine].
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SECTION 354 A
Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment.—(1) Aman
committing any of the following acts—
(i)physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual
overtures; or
(ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or
(iii) showing pornography against the will of a woman; or
(iv) making sexually coloured remarks,
shall be guilty of the offence of sexual harassment.
(2)Any man who commits the offence specified in clause (i) or clause (ii) or
clause (iii) of sub-section (1) shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a
term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
(3)Any man who commits the offence specified in clause (iv) of sub-section (1)
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
26 Https://devgan.in/ipc/section/354
A.O 1950 and
Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
6. The words and figures “on or after the said first day of May, 1861” rep. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and the First Sch.
7. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “law passed by the Governor General of India in Council”.
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SECTION 354 B
Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.—Any man
who assaults or uses criminal force to any woman or abets such act with the
intention of disrobing or compelling her to be naked, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than three
years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
27
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person, intending thereby to

dishonour that person, otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation given by
that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Hence Any man who assaults or makes the use of criminal force on any woman
or abets such act with the intention of disrobing or compelling her to be naked,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall
not be less than three years but which may extend to seven years, and shall also
be liable to fine.
2727Https://devgan.in/ipc/section/354
A.O 1950 and
Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
6. The words and figures “on or after the said first day of May, 1861” rep. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and the First Sch.
7. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “law passed by the Governor General of India in Council”.
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SECTION 354 C
VOYEURISM
Any man who watches, or captures the image of a woman engaging in a private
act in circumstances where she would usually have the expectation of not being
observed either by the perpetrator or by any other person at the behest of the
perpetrator or disseminates such image shall be punished on first conviction with
imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one
year, but which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine, and be
punished on a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment of either
description for a term which shall not be less than three years, but which may
extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation 1.—For the purpose of this section, “private act” includes an act of
watching carried out in a place which, in the circumstances, would reasonably be
expected to provide privacy and where the victim's genitals, posterior or breasts
are exposed or covered only in underwear; or the victim is using a lavatory; or
the victim is doing a sexual act that is not of a kind ordinarily done in public.
Explanation 2.—Where the victim consents to the capture of the images or any
act, but not to their dissemination to third persons and where such image or act is
disseminated, such dissemination shall be considered an offence under this
section.
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28
Https://devgan.in/ipc/section/354
A.O 1950 and
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SECTION 354 D
STALKING
Stalking.—(1) Any man who—
(i) follows a woman and contacts, or attempts to contact such woman to foster
personal interaction repeatedly despite a clear indication of disinterest by such
woman; or (ii) monitors the use by a woman of the internet, email or any other
form of electronic communication, commits the offence of stalking:
Provided that such conduct shall not amount to stalking if the man who pursued it
proves that—
(i) it was pursued for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime and the man
accused of stalking had been entrusted with the responsibility of prevention and
detection of crime by the State; or (ii) it was pursued under any law or to comply
with any condition or requirement imposed by any person under any law; or (iii)
in the particular circumstances such conduct was reasonable and justified (2)
Whoever commits the offence of stalking shall be punished on first conviction
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
years, and shall also be liable to fine; and be punished on a second or subsequent
conviction, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.
29
29
Https://devgan.in/ipc/section/354 1. Subs. by Act 13 of 2013, s. 6, for “shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both” (w.e.f. 3-2-2013).
2. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 3-2-2013).
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CHAPTER SIX
CASE STUDY
Suryanelli Rape Case, Kerala 1996 30

(A brief discussion )
Point of discussion in Suryanelli Rape Case, Kearala 1996 is the condition in
which a rape survivor becomes a victim….
In the agenda of feminist concerns and women empowerment in rape discourses,

there is a constant demand for a shift in nomenclature from 'rape victim' to 'rape
survivor.' A thorough study of analytical data and public discourses, however,
reveals the painful maintenance of layers of violence that follow rape and sexual
assault, in addition to the feminist interest in surviving rape. The Suryanelli girl
has survived rape and assault, but the violent experience of life after rape
perpetuated by patriarchal societal structures leaves her at the receiving end of a
system that actively alienates, humiliates, and mentally pursues her.
There are mainly two types of discourses that circulate frequently when referring
to and addressing the Suryanelli rape case. The first is the crime's validity, with a
profoundly biassed and unsympathetic legal framework attempting to present the
girl as a continuous victim subject for whom justice is nearly impossible to get,
mediated through parallel governmental infrastructure, including police
enforcement. The impossibility of justice (insaaf) is not the purpose of the legal /
law and justice machinery, but it results from the working forces of judgments,
prosecution stances, law enforcement offices and bodies such as police stations
and officers, and issues of proof, alibis, and so on.
The second and most significant discourse is the moral discourse, which is
extremely prejudiced and unfriendly to the survivor and cheerfully tells the
https://kractivist.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/india-when-rape-survivor-becomes-victim-vaw-gender-justice-
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mustread/
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narrative of the fallen girl who was punished for her transgression, thereby
teaching all women in society a lesson. This discourse is being transmitted via the
specifics of the rape case, but with the purpose of forming a bigger field of
reprimands, recommendations, and moral lessons for every woman who breaks
the unwritten norms of conduct. Both discourses place the victim and her terrible
experiences outside of the area of address, which stems from a clear goal to
control and exploit female sexuality. Alternatively, the moral sphere influences
and manipulates the processes of the legal discourse, as evidenced by the high
court's decision to release all of the defendants in the Suryanelli case.
Suryanelli Rape Case Facts
The Suryanelli rape case, which occurred in 1996 in the state of Kerala (India),
includes the kidnapping, severe abuse, and rape of a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl
who was abducted and carried to several locations in Kerala by 42 men from all
walks of life and ages. She was subjected to harsh and heinous kinds of sexual
abuse and violence between January 16 and February 26. The survivor listed
numerous high-profile politicians and professionals as assaulters, including
Congress leader and current Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien, however
they were not included in the charge sheet due to a lack of evidence. Sukumaran
Nair, an office holder of the Nair Service Society, issued a statement in favour of
P J Kurien, claiming that Kurien had seen him at the office around the time of day
mentioned by the girl. In September of 2000, the special court for sexual assault
found 35 of the defendants guilty and sentenced them to harsh imprisonment and
punishment. However, in 2005, on the basis of an appellatio (appeal) filed against
this conviction, the High Court of Kerala acquitted all of the convicts and
sentenced just one, the third accused, to five years in prison. The public, which
had previously shunned her, now had the perfect tool to highlight its moral
judgement on the youngster. The ruling validated the innuendos peddled by
numerous popular Malayalam publications. The girl was detained in 2012 for an
alleged financial irregularities issue in the workplace where she worked. The girl's
attorneys claim that entrenched interests set her up as her case was about to be
heard in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has directed the High Court to
re-examine the matter, concluding that the High Court's decision was legally
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faulty. It should be emphasised that this is predicated on an appeal filed by the
Kerala Government against the High Court decision, which has been lingering for
about seven years. Another development in the case is the arrest of the only
convicted accused in the Suryanelli case who had jumped bail earlier, making a
statement that the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha, P.J Kurien, was involved
in the case and that he personally took Kurien to the Guest house mentioned by
the girl. Following this revelation, there have been widespread calls to re-open
the case and add Kurien on the list of those charged.
Justice delayed:
The 17-year wait in judicial proceedings has added to the girl's immense misery
and communal ostracism. The way law enforcement officers handled/mishandled
the case, the survivor being moved from place to place as part of the investigation
and medical examination, and some Malayalam dailies making sensational
stories out of a sixteen-year-old who was brutally raped by 42 men all contribute
to the legal injustice done to her. The print media, which followed her situation
through intricate stories, lauded her as a spicy component of a sex-starved culture
as a permanent show for the wants of a sex-starved society.
The fact that seventeen years have gone and the crime perpetrated against a
sixteen-year-old has still been denied justice demonstrates the inadequacies of the
country's judicial system. It should be highlighted that the outpouring of
criticism from feminist organisations on the delay in sexual assault cases in the
aftermath of the Delhi rape has led in a prompt resolution of the Suryanelli
appeal. Now, the delay in justice has resulted in many things: the sixteen-year-
old girl has lived seventeen years of humiliation at the hands of a rigid moral
society, the girl has been constantly chased and hunted down by a group of
accused in a defensive mode, and the entire family is subjected to social stigma
because of the rape survivor.… The story goes on. Will all of these be legal
problems when examining the case?
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Double standards of print journalism:
"Malayala Manorama, the major Malayalam daily, began the tales in a

melodramatic manner, similar to a soap opera, and presented her in the customary
victim's attire at first." Initially, she was referred to as the Munnar girl, and the
subject was covered on the top page of the local newspaper. (Malayala
Manorama, March 19th) Titles such as "forty days, forty beasts" heightened the
theatrical effect. However, beginning on April 2, 1996, the newspaper's stance
shifted. Surprisingly, the probe went to political leaders and professionals around
this time. College teachers like Jacob Mathew and Congress leader P.J Kurien
were implicated during this phase of the probe despite not being on the list of
suspects. At this moment, Malayala Manorama noticed a difference in the girl's
account. The front page of the April 3, 1996 issue of the daily included a cartoon
named Agniputri, which depicted a girl holding a list of UDF candidates and
someone in the background addressing her as comrade, leading her to halt and
grieve after reading aloud each name on the list. This was the most normalised
type of sexism that Kerala society tolerated without complaint. Manorama broke
all decencies of journalism etiquette and human considerations while striving to
protect P.J Kurien and others connected to the Catholic Church”
Violence of public discourses:
When dealing with a rape suspect, recourse to family and sympathy are
frequently refused. P.J Kurien's wife makes a public statement in which she
laments her condition and that of her two girls, who are greatly harmed by the
image tarnishing that occurs. Presenting her spouse as a victim of entrenched
interests, she encourages feminists to take her family into account in this game of
political lobbying. Along the same lines, moral statements about the girl's
character emerge. Sudhakaran, a Kerala Congress official, believes there should
be a distinction between prostitution and rape charges, and that the victim in the
Suryanelli case had a doubtful character. He also mentions that individuals who
support the girl should consider Kurien to have a family. This support for Kurien's
family now stems from a skewed perspective on family and sexuality. This
discourse becomes problematic because it reveals the moral foundations on
which
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family
values is becoming a source of worry. The survivor is denied the same concern by
labelling her as morally aberrant. As a result, the Suryanelli girl's family should
suffer since she is deviant, capable of lying, and has an unpleasant personality.
The dual logic of sexual promiscuity and sexual chastity contributes to the rape's
trivialization, making the survivor the worthy body against whom the crime can
be committed. The duality of the wicked mind mirroring the cruel body aid in
rationalising the victim's isolation and creating sympathy for the guilty. Why is it
that when a normal family bonding and honour become a need to receive justice,
the victim is denied the same care and justice? The double standards of this
discourse adequately justify Arundhati Roy's attitude to the Delhi rape, which she
attributes to the fact that it plays into our perceptions of the criminal poor: the
rickshawallah and the vegetable vendor…The early days of the Suryanelli
investigation evoked sympathy for the victim, as the inquiry progressed via the
participation of the bus cleaner, the fruit seller, the police constable, and other
images that fit our ideal of the perfect criminal. When upper-middle-class,
aristocratic Syrian Christians, and political leaders emerged in the picture, these
inclinations were reversed. The sympathisers abandon her, she becomes a
prostitute, and allusions turn to her lack of dependability as a character.
Many Victims in Sex Scams Awaiting Justice31
31https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2014/feb/15/Many-Victims-in-Sex-Scams-Awaiting-Justice-575992.html
Cortesy Indian Express
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The legal discourse:
The Suryanelli case is likewise an example of a rape case that was contested for
many years (about seventeen years) and ultimately failed. As in the case of
Mathura and other controversial apex court judgements, the Suryanelli judgement
raises concerns about the criminal justice system's negligent and insensitive
operation. The ruling tries hard to establish that the girl's allegations are untrue,
citing a previous instance of her lying about the hostel cost of 450 rupees and
squandering it, as well as an attempt on her behalf to pawn her necklace. These
are the fundamental assumptions upon which the girl's assertions have been
validated. While addressing the distinction between rape and consenting sex, the
ruling reads: “When we read the evidence of PW3, we have to be cognizant of her
psyche- her mental makeup. Her past conduct and behavior have to be borne in
mind. She was only a student of 9th standard. She had squandered Rs. 450/-
entrusted to her by her father for remitting hostel fees……That piece of conduct
is admitted by her… a school girl will always be obliged to account when hostel
fee is not remitted. She was prepared to take that risk. Added to this is, as
suggested by the counsel for the appellants that she was even courageous enough
32
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to approach a jeweler for pledging an ornament of hers which her parents had
given her to wear, meaning thereby that she had much capability of courage of
even withstanding a question by her parents as to the loss of such ornament. She
admitted during the evidence that she had done so. So this gives indications
about the conduct and mental makeup of PW3. … She was not a normal innocent
girl of that age. She was a different person. The peculiarity in her personality
must realistically be borne in mind. The evidence of a person of her age with
such a conduct certainly has to be viewed seriously and with caution. A court
cannot meekly swallow her version. It requires serious critical assessment.” (pp.
42-43)
The fact that the crucial question of whether sexual acts of violence on a ninth-
grade student by 42 men over a 40-day period were consensual or not is arrived at
on the basis of these two previous instances demonstrates the judgment's non-
empathetic and inhuman impulses, leading to the contention that the prosecution
failed to prove the absence of consent. Rather, the ruling says that the refusal
expressed by the girl currently before the court is an explanation devised by her
to save her face in the family and among relatives for her forty-day departure
from her home. During the 40 days of sexual abuse, the Bench discovers
different places for the girl to escape her attackers, such as the bus stop, the
doctor's office, lodges, and so on. The consideration extended to the accused in
relation to corroborative evidences or circumstances is denied to the girl, where
her age, intimidated psyche, physical and mental agony of violence she was
enduring were not sufficient reasons for the Bench to decide that the ninth-grade
girl could not plan an escape. With a clear conscience, the decision rules out the
possibility of using the standard technique to assessing the evidence of a rape
victim.
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Justice Basant's concurring statements bemoaning the inability to raise the

consenting age for sexual intercourse to 18 are a pitiful rationalisation for such
an unfeeling decision. Not only does this observation reduce the entire issue of
sexual violence on the survivor to the confluence of sexual consent between
those two years, but it also introduces binaries of sexual assault experience
before 18 after 18, before sixteen after 16, and so on. The outcome of such
limited and skewed thinking would be to shift the attention away from the
intensity of the violence and the harm done to the victim's mental state while
creating or not producing consent. The double standards and heavy moral
weightage of this observation are revealed in the following paragraphs, where he
discusses the young girl who succumbed to the temptations of a consumerist
society, as well as the consequences of not being groomed in the proper
environment with a proper value system. The comment goes so far as to argue
that such children can be labelled as deviants, but they cannot just be condemned
and abandoned to their fate. The implications are that the Suryanelli rape
survivor is a deviant, that her parents were unable to raise her in a healthy
environment, and that this is why she consented to sexual crimes on her body by
forty-two men for forty days. And the suggestion concludes with a call for a
legislative reform.
33https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/260217/suryanelli-rape-case-time-cant-end-this-ostracisation.html,
Article by Sherin B.S.
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This is a simple technique of washing one's hands and shrugging off one's duties.
The continual need to show her evidence untrue overthrows and undermines this
claim to impartial justice. The lack of responsibility of the law to female
residents, as well as the sexist emotions of the arbitrators, are reflected in the
Suryanelli case. Justice Basant's recent statements on the girl's character illustrate
the biases that underpin the decision.34
Paradoxes in Kerala’s modernity:
The recurrence of the Suryanelli issue in Kerala's public arena demonstrates flaws
in Kerala's idea of modernity. While the state makes a ponderous claim to
cultural elitism and contemporary awareness in terms of literacy rates, living
standards, health care, and, most all, the pervasiveness of political politics and
public thought, the sexism observed in this state is rather hilarious. Misogyny
and moral policing pervade all aspects of society, affecting all types of political
thought in the state to varying degrees. In terms of sexism, no other Indian state
can compare to Kerala in terms of how feminists and women's movements have
been referred to, female political party leaders have been tarnished, and work
environments and other public areas have alienated women.
The recent remark of a college teacher at a public function sponsored by the

Kerala government aimed at women's empowerment that it only takes ten
minutes for a man, including him, to insert sperm into a woman's uterus and then
it is up to the woman to carry the child for the next ten months reveals the
underlying layers of prejudice, violence, and misogyny in Kerala. In such a
public space, many stories about the Suryanelli survivor grow, making her a
titillating item for the consumption of Kerala's sex-starved male mind. The
country's main political party had no reservations about allowing a rape suspect
to preside over Rajya Sabha sessions on gender justice and the prevention of
sexual violence against women. The desire was to help him rather than the
survivor. As in many other incidents, the survivor and her family have suffered
enough as a result of the big political parties' severe political prejudice. Will
there be a provision in the re-examination
34https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/op-ed/260217/suryanelli-rape-case-time-cant-end-this-ostracisation.html
Article by Sherin B.S.
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of the case to address the irreparable harm done to a rape survivor and her family
in terms of mental, physical, and emotional harassment over the previous
seventeen years? Who would choose to be in this situation if this is what it means
to survive a rape?
CHAPTER SEVEN
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION & REFERENCES
DISCUSSION
The purpose of this study is to obtain in-depth interviews and ferret out central
themes of how outside factors affected the victim herself, how these aspects
influenced her perception of herself, and which factors she believes had the most
significant impact on her re-victimization or non-re-victimization. The present
study suggests that the overall attitudes and behaviors of a sexual assault victim
determines whether she views herself as a victim or survivor which significantly
impacts the likelihood of her re-victimization. Previous research demonstrates
that various characteristics associated with a woman viewing herself as a victim
predispose her to re-victimization; whereas the characteristics associated with a
woman viewing herself as a survivor insulate her from re-victimization.
The findings of the interviews with the 20 women are consistent with the findings
in the research discussed in the literature review section and shed an important
light on the two research questions which are directly related to the relationship
between re-victimization and victim/survivor status. 1) Is a woman with a
survivor mentality of her sexual assault protected from re-victimization? 2) Is a
woman with a victim mentality of her sexual assault vulnerable to re-
victimization?
The first research question is related to the survivor mentality and if it protects the
woman from being re-victimized. The results of this research suggest that a
survivor mentality does protect the woman from re-victimization. A woman with
a survivor mentality takes control of the circumstances of her life, creates a
meaning out of her experiences, participates in her own healing, has hope, and is
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equipped with choice. None of the women who had a survivor mentality were re-
victimized. All 17 of the women with a survivor mentality (including those who
transformed from a victim mentality) were not re-victimized. Sixteen women had
a victim mentality and were re-victimized; however, the majority of women
developed survivor thoughts and were not re-victimized after they embraced a
survivor mentality. Even though a woman may have had a victim mentality and
was re-victimized, the study showed that a change in the thought process is
possible after the re-victimization. A woman was often able to embrace a survivor
mentality and was then not re-victimized after that change in mentality. The
second research question is related to the victim mentality and if it makes the
woman become vulnerable to re-victimization. The results of this research suggest
that a victim mentality does make a woman more vulnerable to re-victimization.
There were numerous positive consequences as a result of being sexually
assaulted; however, there were significantly more negative consequences. These
negative consequences often had a more profound effect on the woman. A
woman with a victim mentality allows things to happen to her, is powerless,
hopeless, passive, has a lack of agency in the circumstances of her life, and/or
feels worthless. Three women who had a victim mentality were not re-
victimized and
27 re-victimizations occurred among the women when they had victim
mentalities. Three of the women had a victim mentality at the time of the
interview but had not been recently re-victimized. Mabiha had a circumstance
that set her apart from the other women. Mabiha had a victim mentality after she
was sexually assaulted when she was young. Mabiha grew up and became more
mature before she was assaulted again and in her adulthood developed more
control and ability to think things through. Although she had a victim mentality
and was not assaulted, she developed a survivor mentality later on in life and she
was protected from re-victimization. Bilquis, who was sexually assaulted by her
step-father and raped by her husband, described herself as “still here” and lacked
agency in her own circumstances in her life. Gayatri, another person with a
victim mentality, said she has not been careful and is not sure why she hasn’t
been sexually assaulted again; however, it may be because she has not gone on
any dates in the last year. Prajakta was the other woman with a victim
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victimized; however, I interviewed her only a few weeks after her most recent
victimization.
CONCLUSION
Previous research had studied re-victimization and one specific other factor;
however, none of the research did a comprehensive study involving all of the
factors included in this study and how that leads to a woman’s perception of
herself whether it is as a survivor or as a victim. Additionally, previous research
did not connect how a victim mentality or a survivor mentality affected whether
or not a woman was re-victimized. The purpose of the study was to fill in the gap
where research was lacking. This study explored the important combined factors
that are common in women who have experienced re-victimization and how she
views herself as a victim or a survivor. The following factors were used to gain a
better understanding of a woman’s victim mentality or survivor mentality: social
support, self-blame, social reactions, substance use, alcohol use, risk taking
behavior, risky sexual behavior, acknowledgment status, PTSD symptoms, and
coping strategies. I conducted 20 interviews with 20 women who have previously
been raped or sexually assaulted on one or more than one occasion. All of the
women had negative consequences of the assault, such as low self-esteem,
promiscuity, sexual remission, insecurity, and self-blame. In general, these
negative consequences lead to a victim mentality. Some women were able to find
positive consequences resulting from the sexual assault, such as becoming a
better mother, being more aware of her surroundings, or they were able to keep
others from getting assaulted or helping them through it if they were assaulted.
The ability to find positive consequences allowed many women to develop a
survivor mentality. The women with a victim mentality were re-victimized and
the women with a survivor mentality were not re-victimized. This research
suggests that a survivor mentality protects a woman from re-victimization and a
victim mentality makes her vulnerable to re-victimization. Because of the rather
small sample size, the information was able to be managed and analyzed by me.
With a larger sample of participants and the many variables, it might be
advantageous for future researchers to explore the use of the many options
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research and analysis, such as The SAGE Qualitative Research Kit. The fact that
the present research sample was small made the need for such a tool not as
critical. This research largely fills the void in current research, which was lacking
a connection between the various factors leading to re-victimization. However,
future research should continue to be done in the area of survivor and victim
mentality. This is a qualitative study where I conducted in-depth interviews with
a small sample size. This area of study would benefit from having a quantitative
research study conducted with a significant participant pool.
pathways study on the victim's transition from victim to survivor would be

extremely insightful into the reasons why a woman transitions into a survivor
mentality. Another beneficial area of research would be for male victims of sexual
assault, how a victim or survivor mentality affects them, and if the victim or
survivor mentality leads to re-victimization or becoming a perpetrator.
Based on the information discovered through the interviews and analysis, many
programs and policies can be developed to prevent or lessen the amount of re-
victimization that occurs. Early counselling for women who have been victimized
would be beneficial in decreasing re-victimization as it can lead women to
adapting a survivor mentality rather than a victim mentality.
Discussions with elementary age children about appropriate touching from adults
would likely teach children what is and what is not appropriate. If children are
victimized at a young age, they may begin to normalize inappropriate touching by
adults. Aamina, who was assaulted three times before she was 11 years old,
played with her Barbie dolls and made them act out sex scenes. These types of
behaviors display a concept that normalizes sex at a young age. Parents and/or
schools should discuss appropriate and inappropriate touching. It could create an
opportunity for a child to understand that a relationship is not appropriate and
want to speak out about that relationship. It could also prevent a child from being
sexually assaulted through them learning that certain touching is inappropriate.
Early discussion has the potential to help a child from being sexually assaulted,
but it also has the potential to help a child from becoming a perpetrator later on in
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life. The early discussion could also prevent children from learning bad behaviors
from role models in their lives. Children may witness sexual, physical, or
emotional abuse on a daily basis and they may begin to perceive it as acceptable
behavior. Once those behaviors are accepted they may adapt those unacceptable
behaviors for themselves. Discussing appropriate touching and appropriate
behavior toward others could prevent a child from becoming a perpetrator.
Support systems or groups, especially a group where the woman could remain
anonymous and feel safe in sharing her feelings, should be created to help women
develop a survivor mentality. These support systems should have the same rules
of confidentiality and acceptance as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics
Anonymous. Self-defense classes where women are taught how to walk and talk
and act with confidence should be implemented in schools or after school
programs. If women learn how to walk and talk with confidence, they will not
look like prey to a predator and it will decrease the number of women who are re-
victimized. Sexual assault service programs often have advocates who arrive at
the hospital after a woman is raped or sexually assaulted. The sexual assault
service programs should focus on spending more time with the women who were
assaulted and providing counseling services more quickly to help the women
develop the survivor mentality sooner rather than later. Every day a woman has a
victim mentality is another day she is more likely to be re-victimized. Though
this research focuses on the person who was sexually assaulted, there are policy
implications that can be drawn, which focus on the perpetrator. Related to the
previous suggestion of discussing appropriate touching, classes could be given to
grade level students where they discuss appropriate types of behavior in
relationships and when a relationship is not a healthy relationship and how to end
unhealthy relationships. Often children develop behaviors from observing their
parents' relationships and adapting those behaviors for themselves. If we are able
to educate people (for this particular study, it is males), how to treat their
significant other and/or women in general, it may prevent a person from adapting
unhealthy behaviors. In addition to preventing perpetrators, implications can be
drawn for perpetrators who have already been arrested and sentenced as
perpetrators. Though it would be ideal, it is unrealistic to believe that all
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perpetrators can change their ways. However, it is realistic to believe that some
perpetrators can change their ways. If one perpetrator changes his ways and does
not assault again, the program would be successful. Perpetrators that have been
sentence should be required to attend classes that educate them on how to treat
others, deal with anger management, and divert the urge to commit sexual assault
into a different, healthier behavior. For those perpetrators that continually
sexually assault others, there should be harsher prison sentences and more
significant restitution requirements. In recent months, California has passed a bill
which attempts to combat the significant amount of sexual assaults that occur on
college campuses. It is often referred to as the "Yes Means Yes" bill. This law
affects college state funding and will not allow the college to receive state funds
if they do not adhere to these new policy implications. It changes the definition
of sexual consent to require "an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement
to engage in sexual activity" by all persons involved (Student Safety: Sexual
Assault of 2014). The policy states that the complainant cannot consent if he/she
is asleep or unconscious, under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or medication, or
is unable to communicate due to a mental or physical condition. Additionally, the
standard for determining guilt of the accused is the preponderance of the
evidence which is a lower level of certainty than beyond a reasonable doubt (the
standard for determining guilt in a court of law). Though this bill has negative
and positive aspects, it demonstrates that the public and lawmakers are aware of
the ongoing issue and prevalence of sexual assault in our community and are
making an effort to effect positive change (Student Safety: Sexual Assault of
2014).
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A DISSERTATION ON

“WOMEN AS A VICTIM OR AS A SURVIVOR”

CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ UNIVERSITY

IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF

UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF

PANVEL, NAVI MUMBAI 410216

I declare that this dissertation / project work titled "women as a victim or as a

I further declare and assert that, to the best of my personal knowledge,

Date: Researcher Name: Kazi Mohammad Junaid

Place: Enrollment Number: 204111181409

It is certified that this dissertation / project work entitled as “Women as victim

To the best of my knowledge and belief this thesis

I. Embodies the work of candidate himself,

II. Has duly been completed,

DATE: SIGNATURE OF THE SUPERVISOR

PLACE: DR. AVANI MISTRY

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to my visionary research

RESEARCHER NAME: MR. KAZI MOHAMMAD JUNAID.

ENROLMENT NO: 204111181409.

IPC Indian Penal Code 1860

u/s Under section

AIR All india reporter

SCC Supreme court cases

FGM Female genital mutilation

PIL Public interest litigation

ATSA Association for the treatment of sexual

CDC Center for disease control and prevention

WHO World health organization.

POCSO Protection of children from sexual

WHO World health organization.

NCBI National center for biotechnology

IPS Indian police service.

IAS Indian Administrative service.

Cr.P.C. Criminal procedure code.

IAF Indian Air Force.

1. Madhu kishwar & Ors. Etc Vs State of Bihar & Ors.

2. State of Maharashtra Vs Bharat Shanti Lal Shah & Ors.

4. Tukaram and Arr Vs State of Maharashtra.

5. Prabhakar Mohite and Anr Vs The State of Maharashtra and Anr.

6. Nishanth harishchandra salvi Vs The State of Maharashtra.

7. Mukherjee Vs Vodafone Essar Ltd & Ors.

8. Rohit Vedpaul Kaushal Vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.

9. Bhiku Tukaram Jadhav Vs The State of Maharashtra.

10. Usha Badri Poonawalla Vs K. Kurien Babu.

11. Suryanelli Rape Case Kerala 1996.

12. State of Maharashtra Vs Rajendra J Gandhi.

13. Roshni Manoj Patil Vs State Of Maharashtra.

15. Ajay katara Vs State of UP and Anr.

16. Rupeshwar Tanti Vs State of Assam.

17. Tarunjit Tejpal Vs the State of Goa.

18. Prof. P.J. Kurien Vs State of Kerala.

19. State Vs Shiv Kumar Yadav.

2. Protection of women from domestic violence, Act.

3. The Hindi Widow remarriage Act, 1856.

4. Hindu women right to property Act, 1937.

5. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

6. The national commission for women Act, 1990.

7. The prohibition of child marriage Act, 2006.

8. The sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention and

redressal) Act, 2006.

9. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

10. The factories Act, 1948.

11. Maternity benefit Act, 1961.