Influences of Sex Crime and Media Awareness in India

This study analyzed Violence against women can be domestic as well as public, Physical, emotional or mental. India is a traditional male-dominated country where women have to face various violence in society from the ancient period. The continuous practice of sexual assaults are in society proves that sexual violence against women can never end. The media has been making the hindrance and awareness of sexual crime. So that testing of the hypothesis that an increase in consumption of media has created awareness of sexual crime to decreasing in the Indian situation. The model of Cultivation Theory measured the influence of media and making awareness of sex crimes in India. According to the National Crime Records Bureau of India, reported incidents of crime against women increased by 6.4% during 2012, and a crime against a woman are committed every three minutes. Newspapers and TV channels in India carry daily reports of the rapes and young girls, some dead by the perpetrators to hide the crime. Media plays a vital role in exploring sexual assaults and crimes to create awareness to the public in various Tests of the survey shows the suggestion of sex crime prevention highly mentioned in this study.

Keywords: Sex Crime, Crime against women, media, awareness, sexual behavior and sexual.