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The ineffectiveness of the police is considered one of the leading factors in promoting vigilante acts in Pakistan. Due to the gender specific approach of the male-dominated police in Pakistan, women often remain reluctant to go to a police station to report their complaints. However, there is a paucity of empirical research in Pakistan highlighting gender biased issues related to the perceived ineffectiveness of and structural problems within the police and their correlation to vigilante acts. By surveying a sample of 200 women in households in Lahore (Pakistan), this research was conducted to assess the perception among Pakistani women regarding police ineffectiveness and the preference for vigilante acts. Based on the opinion of Pakistani women, this research revealed that the gender specific ineffectiveness of the police contributes more to promoting support for vigilante acts than does police structural inadequacy.

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Qaisar Khalid Mahmood, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Mazhar Hussain Bhutta. (2013) Vigilantism and the Police: Assessing the Perception of Pakistani Women about the Gender Related Ineffectiveness of the Police and the Preference for Vigilante Acts in Lahore, , Volume-05, Issue-1.
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