Countries with low crime rates-What is India lacking?
Crime rates is a really concerned issue in every country.Many countries have maintained a low crime rate but there are many in which crime rates are really high.
Some countries with low crime rates:
1)Iceland with a GPI(global peace index) of 1.107
2)New Zealnd with a GPI of 1.269
3)Ireland with a GPI of 1.288
4)Denmark with a GPI of 1.296
5)Austria with a GPI of 1.3
Source:https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-peaceful-countries
The major reason of low criminal rates is that literacy rate is really high in these countries due to which crimes occur very rarely.Another reason is that they have good judicial systems and very less corruption.Also these countries have good economies due to which people don’t need to do crimes likes robbery.People in these countries being literate,strictly obey the rules and also corruption in politics is rarely seen here.In Switzerland people make their own decisions and rule on their own and still it is a really safe country,Why?This is because Switzerland has a really high literacy level.People there have sense to make decisions for the whole country.
If we compare the same situation with India,we see the opposite.While the above countries are the top 5 among 163 countries surveyed,India comes at 135 with a massive GPI of 2.55 which is really concerning.
Reasons why India has higher crime rates:
1)The major reason for high crime rates in India is the high level of illeteracy in India particularly in states like Bihar,Uttar Pradesh,Jharkhand where crimes like robbery are very common. People not being educated,don’t realize the importance of laws and commit crimes without even knowing the consequences.In some rural backward areas people still believe in gender division which leads to wide number of domestic crimes.
2)The second reason for this issue is the high level of corruption in India. Even when the criminals get arrested they use their political links or just bribe the police to get free.Some even bribe the police beforehand to not to get caught.Here are some links to such type of cases:
3)Another reason is political protection.People having strong links in politics or politicians themselves do crimes and still roam free.In context to this let us take the example of Ram Rahim,he did so many crimes and yet was punished so late because he got power from the people and political links.
This is a really sad and concerned issue and some steps should be taken against this.
4)Poverty:India is a poor country die to which it is common to see poor people robbing rich people for money which is a really sad scenario.
Steps that should be taken:
1)Government should make some strict criminal laws and the most important is their implementation. The best example is Dubai.
2)Government should start several camps to spread knowledge about gender equality and education should be made compulsory for children.
Government should really take harsh steps against criminals otherwise in the coming years we will see India’s GPI even decreasing more.