RAPE - AN INVASION

Rape is an invasion in the regime of Women’s sovereignty, i.e. as an individual and as a community. Though, there are strong laws that provide preferential status to women, but still such laws failed to restrict violence against women whether domestic or workplaces or on streets even though women are so vocal and active towards their rights and privileges. These stringent laws instead of curtailing crimes against women has proliferated more social crisis such as Broken marriage, Gender Disparity, Gender Conflict, Proliferation of Gay fabric, Hate crimes, sexual abuse at Workplace, etc.

Rapes are social, political and institutional crime to suppress the micro regime to plunder them without accountability. The tool of Violence is to terrorize them, which is common in all over the World and it became a Global Political Economy, which is part of Organised Crime through the Democratic system towards sexual slavery and forced labour with minimal survival means and avoidance of Human Rights and values.

Rape cases in India have doubled between 1990 and 2008 is an indicator that Liberalisation and Globalisation have ample impact on the Crimes against Women. It is important to understand, why human trafficking of women and children towards sexual slavery and forced labour became the prime concern of UNODC in the wake of Globalisation. The relevance of Domestic Violence in the Periphery nations and Rapes in Core nations are beyond its control in the era of Globalisation.

Human Trafficking whether intra-state migration or Inter-state or Inter-regional migration has great influence towards the destitution of women who are compelled to surrender in the hand of Pimps and Touts to prevent from the Violence, i.e. gang rapes or acid throw or domestic violence.

The Role of State is very important to the victims of Crime to which State do not take responsibility. In tune of this, it is important to identify the parameter of State accountability to its Citizen and protection towards Crime, which is not visible at present.

The role of Criminal Justice System and policing to curtail crimes and the relevance of the Social Administration system should also be co-related. Finally, it is important to understand whether mere making stringent Laws can check crime or it needs appropriate strategies and policies to protect women from the political, social, economical and criminal abuses.

Upgradation of Police System

SHARMILA BOSE

1868/14, IIIrd Floor, Govind Puri Extn., Kalkaji, New Delhi – 110 019

Phone – 9811915670, Email. :bosesharmila@rediffmail.com

15^th April, 2013

The Jt. Commissioner (Crime Branch)

Mumbai Police

Mumbai - 400084

Kind Attn. :  Mr. Himanshu Roy

Sub :  Upgradation of Policing System

Dear Sir,

I have come to know about your initiative to make Fit Police towards Effective Policing through a leading news channel.  Understanding your enthusiastic approach to bring the Mumbai Police at par with World class Policing, as a citizen and as an Independent Researcher in Political Science felt to support your initiative. Towards this, I would like to give my views on various aspects of the Policing system, which you might find interesting. 

Besides the fitness of the Police Staff which you are already taking care, there are aspects of Revenue generation and expansion of the spectrum of Policing along with appropriate utilization of Human Resources floating in the surrounding.

The Scope of Policing as the Right of the Citizens is limited to Street Policing and Criminal Justice System.  But there are scopes of Policing which can be taken care of extra-services, in tune of Industrial security, Resident Welfare Security, Shops and Malls and VIP Security or Private Security.  There are already existing Private Securities for these scope of work, but these securities are citizens’ security and beyond the scope of Policing system.  These Private Securities are part of community and have no executive power except for the limited vigilance of the suspect activities.

In case, Police invade this scope of Private Security as paid service, this will not only generate revenue for the Department of Police, but also increase its vigilance ambit and further help in the scope of combating illicit activities that float in Industries and Localities and also various terrorist activities along with Flesh Trade.  These services of the Police will certainly not block the private securities, but people will have choice of Security from the Trusted Agencies.    This arrangement will be a parallel system similar to Civil Defense Force.

Now, the question is scope of human resources and it’s training.  There is a huge army being trained in tune of Martial Art in all over the nation.  This soft army in the name of sport will be a better scope of Human Resources for the Security of the Nation.  These children are well trained and are better disciplined than any other sports.  These human resources can be tapped and coordinated by the separate Division that will co-ordinate with various clubs and association that prepare these forces.  Interestingly, these martial art practitioners are educated and fulfill the aspiration of brain and fitness that is needed by the Policing system along with increase your informers’ network.  This effort will not only promote human resources for Police, but also generate huge self-employment for the trainers and instructors in the field of Martial Art.

To have an effective policing, there is a need for the Community participation and Police need to reach them. 

I am sending a copy of this letter to Dr. Manmohan Singh, PM of India as a part of routine.

With best regards,

Yours sincerely,

(SHARMILA BOSE)

c.c. :  Dr. Manmohan Singh, PM of India