Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Crime in India, 1991-2011

By : Ritvik Chauhan , Vijay Kumar Baraik

Page No: 190-211

Abstract
There is hardly any crime free society and the history of crime may be traced back to the time as old as the history of human civilization. It affects the smooth and peaceful progress of any society. There are many factors to induce crime varying from physical/environmental to socio-cultural, political, economic, historical, technological, crowding, and also family and individual as many scholars suggest. Moreover, globalization and technological advancements have also led to the changing nature of crimes as it is supposed to be influenced by the different stages of development of human society and is defined and redefined with changing context. India is a diverse country in terms of physical, ethnic, linguistic and religious features. Therefore, it is assumed that the spatial nature of crime also varies over space in India due to vast physical, socio-cultural and economic diversities. This paper attempts to study the spatio-temporal pattern of crimes in India using state level data obtained from the National Crimes Records Bureau, Government of India for the years 1991, 2001 and 2011 with an attempt to see causality with associated factors. The results show that there are wide spatiotemporal variations but no direct and uniform associations with correlates across the states.

Authors :
Ritvik Chauhan : PhD Research Scholar, Geography Discipline, School of Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi
Vijay Kumar Baraik :  Associate Professor of Geography, School of Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2019.39.02.3