The Existing Laws Regarding Punishment for Household Violence against Females in Bangladesh: A Study on the Perception of Educated Class

Household violence against females is becoming a social problem in Bangladesh. It creates disorganization in the family as a unit of society. To stop it, several laws are created by the government, but the existing laws could not stop it .The paper aims at studying the perception of educated class about household violence against females and the laws regarding punishment in Bangladesh. To know the objectives, the study followed analytical research design, social survey method & stratified random sampling. For some variables, the Likert scaling (1-to-5 rating scale) has been applied in the study. By using SPSS, the collected data has been analyzed i.e. frequency and percentage has been done. For hypotheses testing, a ᵡ 2 -test has been used…