Crime Rate In India

Crime destroys the very fabric of a civilized society. It stops the growth of a country and creates fear among its citizens. Though crime is inevitable in any society, yet it has to be kept at minimum level. But same in not true in India where crime rate is consistently rising. An ordinary citizen is fearful not only of stepping outside their home but they are not safe in their home too.

Numerous factors can be cited to explain India’s rising crime graph. Firstly, our law and enforcement mechanisms are not up to date. Contrary to the western societies where police is considered as friend of a common citizen, here the police are not trusted at all. The police force is not trusted at all by the citizens and whenever a crime takes place, it has

As people are becoming more individualized and more materialistic, there has been a dearth of moral values in our society. Increasing urbanization, socio-economic inequalities, skewed sex ratio especially in northern states, high population, greed, easy access to vulgar materials, peer pressure have created unintended consequences. Every acquittal emboldens a citizen to take into their own hands. Most of the crime especially sexual crimes and those committed in fit of rage are committed by those belonging to age group of 16-30 years. This shows that that something is wrong with the youth of the country who constitutes major part of the population. High expectations and widespread unemployment has thrown these youth into the clutches of criminals. The deeply conservative society in not able to adjust the influence of modernization and as result we increase in sexual crime rate especially in metro cities. The society has done nothing to rein the anti-social elements and instead emboldens them to commit crime by trivializing their deed. Neither has government has taken this problem seriously and tried to counsel these youth and provide them with growth