An analysis of approach of people towards sexual offenders in India

Abstract

Purpose – The main purpose of the research is to scale down the perception of the community towards sex offenders in India from the perspective of few factors like social isolation, deviance, punitive attitude and deterrence. This study aims to validate this perception of community.

Design/methodology/approach – literature review, questionnaire with 5 variables along with 5 point Likert scale then hypothesis testing has been done. SPSS and Amos have been used for the same. A systematic questionnaire has been divided into 5 sections. Total 293 responses have been collected through google form.

Findings – The result of this research has opined that social isolation, deviance and punitive attitude are the main aspects of the perception of the community towards the sex offenders. This research has invalidated the deterrence aspect in the perception of the community with respect to the sex offenders.

Research limitations/implications – This research is limited to the participants who can be accessed through online platforms only. Offline research will yield more positive research with greater sample size.

Originality/value – considering the available literature, this research is the first, to the best knowledge of the author, study with this regard in India to deal with the scaling down the perception of people towards sex offender.