Self-Proclaimed God Convicted, POCSO Amended
In the wake of the strings of horrific child rape, on 21 April 2018, the Union Cabinet cleared the ordinance on POCSO or The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, whereby any individual convicted of raping a child of 12 years or under will be awarded death penalty. This article is an attempt...
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| description | In the wake of the strings of horrific child rape, on 21 April 2018, the Union Cabinet cleared the ordinance on POCSO or The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, whereby any individual convicted of raping a child of 12 years or under will be awarded death penalty. This article is an attempt to critically analyse the ordinance, while trying to answer whether the death penalty would reduce rapes in children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f182465363445d5a59fd58151f573122022-12-22T01:07:07ZengACCB PublishingSpace and Culture, India2052-83962018-06-016110.20896/saci.v6i1.319319Self-Proclaimed God Convicted, POCSO AmendedSuman Singh0Department of Geography, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, IndiaIn the wake of the strings of horrific child rape, on 21 April 2018, the Union Cabinet cleared the ordinance on POCSO or The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, whereby any individual convicted of raping a child of 12 years or under will be awarded death penalty. This article is an attempt to critically analyse the ordinance, while trying to answer whether the death penalty would reduce rapes in children.http://www.spaceandculture.in/index.php/spaceandculture/article/view/319sexual abuse/assaults, rape, murder, POCSO (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act), India |
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| title | Self-Proclaimed God Convicted, POCSO Amended |
| title_full | Self-Proclaimed God Convicted, POCSO Amended |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Proclaimed God Convicted, POCSO Amended |
| title_short | Self-Proclaimed God Convicted, POCSO Amended |
| title_sort | self proclaimed god convicted pocso amended |
| topic | sexual abuse/assaults, rape, murder, POCSO (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act), India |
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