Child abuse involves several aspects, such as, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, abuse of domestic aids, trafficking for prostitution, corporal punishment at school and others. Child abuse also include physical, mental, social, psychological and neglect. However, the most widely accepted definition of child abuse given by David Gil states that "child abuse is the intentional, non-accidental use of physical force, or intentional, non-accidental acts of omission on the part of a parent or other caretaker interacting with a child in his care aimed at hurting, injuring or destroying that child". There are several forms of child abuse viz., neglect, physical, mental, verbal, emotional, sexual abuse, rape, incest, Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE), pornography, sex tourism, net crimes, child marriage, child labour, female infanticide, female genital mutilation etc. The present book discusses all these issues.
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