Crime Against Girls and Women : Global Perspectives and Challenges

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Girls and women in the criminal justice system. 3. Women, crime and an informal economy: female offending and crime for gain. 4. Self perceptions masculinity and female offenders. 5. Sexual violence against girls and women in war and its aftermath. 6. The relationship between child sexual abuse and female delinquency and crime. 7. A theory of homicidal behaviour among women. 8. Female foeticide and infanticide: an analysis crimes against girl child. 9. Stranger danger: explaining women\'s fear of crime. 10. Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child and women. 11. Violence against women: synthesis of research for law enforcement officials. 12. Reduction and prevention of gender-based violence. 13. Measures initiated to curb crime against girls and women. Bibliography. Index.

Violence against girls and women both intimate partner violence and sexual violence against girls and women are major public health problems and violations of women\'s human rights. The multi-country study conducted by WHO observed that between 15-71% of women reported experiencing physical and or sexual violence by an intimate partner at some point in their lives. These forms of violence result in physical mental sexual and reproductive health and other health problems and may increase vulnerability to HIV. Risk factors for being a perpetrator include low education past exposure to child maltreatment or witnessing violence between parents harmful use of alcohol, attitudes of accepting violence and gender inequality. Most of these are also risk factors for being a victim of intimate partner and sexual violence. (jacket)