Crime Against Dalit Women

Contents: Preface. 1. The situation of Dalit women: formerly known as untouchables scheduled castes. 2. Caste violence and Dalit deprivation in India: a capability approach. 3. Violence against Dalit women in India. 4. Developments in the prosecution of gender-based crimes : a personal perspective. 5. Engendering hate crime policy: gender, the dilemma of difference. 6. Crimes against women cells the Delhi police experience. 7. Why violence against women and girls happens, and how to prevent it. 8. Sexual violence against women and girls in war and its aftermath. 9. The media, crime prevention and urban safety: a brief discussion on media influence. 10. The effects of caste, class and gender oppression. 11. States parties obligation to end caste-based discrimination. Bibliography. Index.

"The situation of Dalit women needs special attention. Dalit women are one of the largest socially segregated groups anywhere in the world they make up more than two per cent of the world\'s total population. They are discriminated against three times over they are poor, they are women, and they are Dalits. Although both Dalit men and women suffer under the same traditional taboos, Dalit women are confronted with these more often. They are discriminated against not only by people of higher castes, but also within their own communities, where men are dominant." (jacket)