in india, cameras touted as safety fix for women
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This article is published in 7/3/2015 (1564 days ago)
Therefore, the information in it may no longer be up to date. NEW DELHI —
Last month, a Nigerian woman in New Delhi drove home from an upscale shopping mall, and four men later raped her on a mobile car and then pushed her off the road.
Although the attackers fled the scene, surveillance cameras captured blurry images of the car speeding up, and police arrested the alleged attackers within hours.
Rape reports are highest in any Indian city
About 2,069 last year
The newly elected government in New Delhi hopes to install about 1 million surveillance cameras.
Many in the government wanted to do so to stop the crime, but the proposal raised concerns among women about privacy and raised questions about whether the devices could stop urban attacks of 16 million people.
Ashish Khaitan said: \"At the pre-election meeting, women in many communities told us that they want more cameras in the city, because this gives them a senior member of aam Aadmi (Common Man)
Manage the party of the city.
\"We have to use technology for women\'s safety.
\"Since the gang rape of 2012 people and 23 people, unprecedented national protestyear-
The safety of women, the old students on the bus, is still a major problem here.
New Delhi has installed more than 4,000 security cameras in shopping malls, markets, temples, mosques, cinemas, offices, train stations and schools.
Last week, the Ministry of Railways said it would install surveillance cameras on women.
There are only coaches on some suburban trains.
Women\'s desks have been set up in most police stations in New Delhi, and 1,200 new female police officers have been hired.
Today, uniformed guards take many buses running after dark to help female passengers feel safer. Now the city is asking bus drivers to help women in distress.
Still, many of the safety features installed on the bus, such as panic buttons and GPS devices, still don\'t work.
And some were stolen.
According to a poll conducted by the Hindustan Times in December, 97 women said they faced some form of sexual harassment in India.
Many people say that the deeper problem of social attitudes is basically not solved.
\"The camera gives me a confidence but can it stop rape?
Asked Radhika Khurana, an 18-year-old psychology student.
\"In our society, everything is blamed on women.
If the camera lens is used to ask us questions like, \"What did she do outside so late anyway ? \"?
Why is she wearing that?
Who is she?
Analysts say authorities have found it much easier to respond to rising rape by installing cameras than to strengthen enforcement responses to women.
A recent study shows that India has only the third of the two countries.
Actual deployment of 2 million police officers at beats or police station
Others are assigned to other tasks, such as protecting VIPs or performing administrative tasks.
\"With surveillance cameras, you bypass the hard work of fixing the weaknesses of the system, such as policing, investigation, prosecution and court trials,\" Milan Vaishnav said . \" An aide to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently investigated public security in Indian cities.
Critics say the new emphasis on surveillance cameras has been overemphasized because data show that nine out of every 10 rapists in New Delhi know.
Many of them are relatives or neighbors. —
This article is published in 7/3/2015 (1564 days ago)
Therefore, the information in it may no longer be up to date. NEW DELHI —
Last month, a Nigerian woman in New Delhi drove home from an upscale shopping mall, and four men later raped her on a mobile car and then pushed her off the road.
Although the attackers fled the scene, surveillance cameras captured blurry images of the car speeding up, and police arrested the alleged attackers within hours.
Rape reports are highest in any Indian city
About 2,069 last year
The newly elected government in New Delhi hopes to install about 1 million surveillance cameras.
Many in the government wanted to do so to stop the crime, but the proposal raised concerns among women about privacy and raised questions about whether the devices could stop urban attacks of 16 million people.
Ashish Khaitan said: \"At the pre-election meeting, women in many communities told us that they want more cameras in the city, because this gives them a senior member of aam Aadmi (Common Man)
Manage the party of the city.
\"We have to use technology for women\'s safety.
\"Since the gang rape of 2012 people and 23 people, unprecedented national protestyear-
The safety of women, the old students on the bus, is still a major problem here.
New Delhi has installed more than 4,000 security cameras in shopping malls, markets, temples, mosques, cinemas, offices, train stations and schools.
Last week, the Ministry of Railways said it would install surveillance cameras on women.
There are only coaches on some suburban trains.
Women\'s desks have been set up in most police stations in New Delhi, and 1,200 new female police officers have been hired.
Today, uniformed guards take many buses running after dark to help female passengers feel safer. Now the city is asking bus drivers to help women in distress.
Still, many of the safety features installed on the bus, such as panic buttons and GPS devices, still don\'t work.
And some were stolen.
According to a poll conducted by the Hindustan Times in December, 97 women said they faced some form of sexual harassment in India.
Many people say that the deeper problem of social attitudes is basically not solved.
\"The camera gives me a confidence but can it stop rape?
Asked Radhika Khurana, an 18-year-old psychology student.
\"In our society, everything is blamed on women.
If the camera lens is used to ask us questions like, \"What did she do outside so late anyway ? \"?
Why is she wearing that?
Who is she?
Analysts say authorities have found it much easier to respond to rising rape by installing cameras than to strengthen enforcement responses to women.
A recent study shows that India has only the third of the two countries.
Actual deployment of 2 million police officers at beats or police station
Others are assigned to other tasks, such as protecting VIPs or performing administrative tasks.
\"With surveillance cameras, you bypass the hard work of fixing the weaknesses of the system, such as policing, investigation, prosecution and court trials,\" Milan Vaishnav said . \" An aide to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently investigated public security in Indian cities.
Critics say the new emphasis on surveillance cameras has been overemphasized because data show that nine out of every 10 rapists in New Delhi know.
Many of them are relatives or neighbors. —
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