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Volume I | Issue II| July 2024

• What specific approaches are applied by the Sri Lankan Police
Department to safeguard vulnerable groups and ensure their

protection and well-being?

• What are the underlying reasons that have led to an increase in the
crime rate in Sri Lanka despite the implementation of protective

mechanisms by the police in relation to vulnerable groups?

1.3. Objectives of the Study

• To identify the concept of vulnerability, vulnerable situations and

vulnerable groups in the Sri Lankan community.
• To determine the strategies practised by the Department of Police

to safeguard such groups.

• To identify the reasons for the increased crime rate, the
mechanism was applied.

2.0. Literature Review
The vulnerability management process is constant and repetitive each

time the preceding cycle ends. The word "Vulnerability" caters for the

term in Latin "vulnus", which denotes a capacity for being psychologically,
emotionally, or physically wounded and is often associated with various

negative connotations of weakness, lack of agency and dependency. The

process is cyclical since new threats take place every day. There are less
discussions on vulnerable group management from the perspective of law

enforcement agencies. Many scholarly works have addressed the concept,

whereas less academics have focused on managing vulnerable groups in
the governing body. According to (Asquith & Bartkowiak-Théron, 2021), the

term vulnerability, vulnerable group or vulnerable population is an

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