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Title: IS THE INTERNET DISGUISED AS A PERPETRATOR: A STUDY ON THE CYBER CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA
Authors: Swasati Handique
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Swasati Handique Master's in Social Work Counselling, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India
MLA 8 Handique, Swasati. "IS THE INTERNET DISGUISED AS A PERPETRATOR: A STUDY ON THE CYBER CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 7, July 2020, pp. 1970-1987, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=136. Accessed July 2020. APA 6 Handique, S. (2020, July). IS THE INTERNET DISGUISED AS A PERPETRATOR: A STUDY ON THE CYBER CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(7), 1970-1987. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=136 Chicago Handique, Swasati. "IS THE INTERNET DISGUISED AS A PERPETRATOR: A STUDY ON THE CYBER CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 7 (July 2020), 1970-1987. Accessed July, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=136.
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Abstract: Violence against women is a violation of human rights and not another marvel in India. It has been continuing since time immemorial but only in different shapes and way from time to time in Indian history. The advancement of technology and updated versions of the internet has created new ways of cyber crimes and the women are mostly at the target of these crimes. Most of the cyber crimes take place against women who can be easily exploited. Due to lack of evidences and fear of defamation, identifying criminal is very hard which makes the violators to get away with their crimes. Cyber crime, lately have been emerging as a major challenge that the law enforcement agencies are facing in the country with women and children being at risk of it. According to recent studies, many underage girls and other female victims have committed suicide after their private photographs and information were being released over the internet. The paper puts forward the various crimes that the women in India are subjected to and argues on how the government has failed to match up with the security that is currently needed for the women in the country. It highlights how the spike in cyber crimes has been affecting the women and how it is impacting in their social life.

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