“A criminal justice system cannot measure its success only by what happens after an offence is committed. Prevention has to be equally important. If sexual offences continue to occur at the rate of four cases every week, the State must seriously examine whether enough is being done to identify vulnerabilities, deter offenders and protect those at risk. High detection is important. But high prevention should be the ambition. Goa needs to ask whether vulnerable public spaces are adequately monitored, whether complaints of harassment are acted upon before they escalate, whether repeat offenders are being watched, whether schools and institutions have…
