Women Victimization of Gender-Based Violence: a Criminological and Victimological Perspective of the Legal Protections in Bangladesh

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increase in incidents of gender-based violence in Bangladesh, raising a number of concerns. Though, the victim of these types of violence are mostly women, therefore, this research explores the characteristics of gender-based violence, including its causes, effects, and experience of victims. The research also presents special legislations for the victim of gender-based violence which offers protection scheme. In addition, the thesis has also tried to address the concepts, present scenario, legal protections, criminological and victimological framework, implications, some raised question while the study was underway. The core research methodology is qualitative in nature and method is content analysis of Acts, journals, books, and online articles. Having studied women’s victimization of gender-based violence, the thesis found out that the laws need to consider the criminological and victimological perspectives to address the protections of the women victims of gender-based violence.