The New Year is knocking on the doors and despite many negative
occurrences in the past year, hopeful signs lie in store for the
coming year. The hope stems from the fact that the youth has risen and they
have shown appreciable calmness and intelligence despite being provoked by the politicians
and the police. While the effort is
commendable, unless some meaningful gains are achieved in this "fight against crime committed on women" (you may refer to these
gains as “baby steps”, “low-hanging fruits”, “quick wins” etc.), it may end up
being just another “flash in the pan”.
Let us try to arrive at the solution of limiting such crimes or inhibiting the growth of such criminals. Without claiming or sounding like an expert on this topic, I
think we can divide the life-cycle of a criminal into two parts i.e.
pre-crime and post-crime. For the sake of simplicity, we would limit the criminal life-cycle till the final sentence has been awarded. Also,
we would focus on “crime against women” though I feel
this framework can be extended to other types of crime as well. As outlined in
the exhibit below, the post-crime part can be further sub-divided into three
stages, Excused, Pro and Trial.
