Each year there is an increment of rape cases. Rape is what? It is a sexually assaulting someone without a person's consent. The crime rate does not only increase in India but also in developed countries like the US, Canada, Germany and others. A United Nation statistical report compiled from government sources showed that more than 250000 cases of rape or attempted rape were recorded by police annually. the reported data cover 65 countries.
In Delhi the capital of India, according to the Delhi police, 2043 cases of rapes were registered last year as compared to 2059 cases the year before that and 2065 cases in 2016. According to Delhi police, 43% of the accused in the rape cases were either friends or family friends, 16.25% were neighbours, 12.04% were relatives, 2.89 were co-workers, 22.86% were other known persons.
According to NCRB said that 34,651 rapes were reported in 2015 across the country. Compared to the number of rape cases in 2017 up to May 15, there is an increase in 3.04% rape cases. according to a 2014 study published by a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, approximately 47% of the women surveyed in Finland were to have suffered physical or sexual abuse and 52% in Denmark. More than 1 in 10 of the women interviewed indicated that they experienced some form of sexual violence by an adult before they were 15 years old. one in 20 had been raped. 1 out of 5 had experienced physical or sexual violence from either a current or previous partner. Only 13% of women reported their most serious incident to the police.
In India, the government on September 20, 2018, launched the National Database on Sexual offenders (NDSO). The database contains entries of offenders convicted under charges of rape, gang rape, POCSO and eve-teasing. The portal as of now contains 4,40,000 entries of cases that have been reported since 2008. It's managed by the National Crime Records bureau. The database is accessible only to law enforcement agencies for investigation and monitoring purpose.
As a result of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, the Indian government implemented a fast-track court system to rapidly prosecute rape cases. The fast-track court system has been welcomed by some, but their fairness questioned by legal experts and scholars.
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