As crime is becoming a major issue over the last few decades in India, mathemati cal models came as a rescue to study and understand the dynamics of crime andto analyse the effect of control and preventive measures. Tis review aims at discussing
several approaches to formulate such mathematical models, namely, economical approach, epidemic approach, predator-prey modelling approach and spatio-temporal
approach. Strategies for combating fnancial crime are also examined. Trough this
review, it has been observed that study on the dynamics of crime against women is
less considered. Such gap could be analysed with the help of information obtained
through the approaches discussed. Te work of this paper could help crime analysts
to predict the trends in the crime against women and prepare the optimal control and
prevention policies