Sparking the #MeToo revolution in India: The "Nirbhaya" case in Delhi

In 2012, anger erupted on the streets of Delhi following the violent rape and murder of a young woman. The scale of the protests, the extent of the media coverage, and the intensity of the public's opprobrium of the police and the administration of Delhi, was unprecedented. This paper argues that these events had a measurable impact on the reporting of crimes against women – rape and other sexual assaults – in Delhi.

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Mathur, Aparna ; Munasib, Abdul ; Roy, Devesh ; Bhatnagar, Akshay
Publisher:	Washington, DC : American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Subject:	India \| sexual harassment \| Crime \| rape

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Series:	AEI Economics Working Paper ; 2019-06
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/280595 [Handle] RePEc:aei:rpaper:1009288 [RePEc]
Classification:	A - General Economics and Teaching
Source:	EconStor

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