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

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  • Aparna Mathur

    (American Enterprise Institute)

  • Abdul Munasib

    (American Enterprise Institute)

  • Devesh Roy
  • Akshay Bhatnagar

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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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  • Aparna Mathur & Abdul Munasib & Devesh Roy & Akshay Bhatnagar, 2019. "Sparking the #MeToo revolution in India: The 'Nirbhaya' case in Delhi," AEI Economics Working Papers 1009288, American Enterprise Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:aei:rpaper:1009288
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    India; sexual harassment; Crime; rape;
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    • A - General Economics and Teaching

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