NCJ Number: 186923
Title: India (From Child Abuse: A Global View, P 51-65, 2001, Beth M.
Schwartz-Kenney, Michelle McCauley, et al., eds. -- See NCJ-186919)
Author(s): Uma A. Segal
Date Published: 2001
Annotation: This chapter provides an overview of the nature and prevalence of
child abuse in India as well as the response to it.
Abstract: A demographic profile of India, including the infant mortality
rate, is followed by a brief case study of an 8-year-old child
sold by her parents to a man who profited from placing her in a
brothel. A section on types and definitions of abuse encompasses
societal abuse, child labor, child prostitution, abuses of the
female child, abortion, child marriage, parental/caregiver abuse,
physical abuse, and sexual abuse. Remaining sections of the
chapter focus on the prevalence of child abuse in India,
pertinent legal innovations, and the child protection system.
Although India has long recognized the need to protect children
and has several laws to define and enforce their rights, most
governmental and private social service agencies have, of
necessity, focused on children's basic survival needs. Human
service professionals in India must identify and denounce harmful
behavior that is not proscribed by Indian society. Advocates for
children must continue to lobby for the Rights of the Child
(United Nations, 1990), the Children Act, the Juvenile Justice
Act, the Child Labour Act, the Child Beggary Act, and the Child
Marriage Restraint Act, and for the enforcement of the Penal Code
to protect children from exploitation. Human service workers in
India may need to reassess long-held perceptions of children, the
use of children, and child-rearing practices. 4 notes and 47
references
Main Term(s): Juvenile victims
Index Term(s): Child abuse; Child abuse detection; Child abuse investigations; Child abuse prevention; Child abuse situation remedies; Child abuse treatment; Child protection laws; Child protection services; Child victims; Crime in foreign countries; India; Victims in foreign countries
Sponsoring Agency: Greenwood Publishing Group
Sale Source: Greenwood Publishing Group
Page Count: 15
Format: Book (Hardbound)
Type: Issue Overview
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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