SHOCKER! BMC SCHOOL
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KIDS KNOW LOTS ABOUT CRIME! Criminologist left flabbergasted at the amount they want to know
By Zuber Ansari
phenomenon of child sexual abuse, numbers of which are city criminologist who continually spiking because recently completed his there is so little awareness of studies in the UK has how to handle such crimes. Criminologist Snehil S. found himself shocked at the level of exposure to crime Dhall recently held a seminar children display in Mumbai. at Siddharth Nagar Municipal This is the reverse side of the School in Goregaon (West),
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which was attended by school children and officers of the Mumbai Police. During the course of the discussions, several disturbing facts surfaced when children asked for solutions to handling instances of Continued on pg 7 «
Kya dekhta hai? HarassMap reports that women are continually harassed by the staring that comes their way By Shwetha Kannan
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Shifting to the MHADA premises before Diwali? Best of luck! But in case if you find that out of budget, keep this option open.
arassMap Mumbai, the online platform where Mumbaikars can register complaints about harassment and report unsafe places in the city, is still to take off since it was started in July 18, 2012. Howsoever, its statistics reveal that cases are being increasingly reported, with “visual harassment” being the largest number. Since its inception, 62 cases of visual harassment have being reported on the site, with verbal ha-
You can log on www.standupagainstviole nce.org to know more about different forms of harrasments and their means of redressal. rassment the next highest number (43), followed by physical harassment (37) and stalking (22). Under visual harassment, staring seems to be the most common method of harassment about Continued on pg 7 «
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