Overview
- Contributes to empirical evidence on child abuse and neglect in India, a relatively under-researched area
- Shows how the findings can be used to create tailored and specific intervention programs across regions
- Provides recommendations for improvement in services of teachers, mental health professionals and local policy makers
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research (BRIEFSWELLBEING)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- corporal punishment in schools
- children in institutional care
- mental health of abused children
- substance abuse in abused children
- working children
- street children
- child trafficking in South Asia
- HIV/AIDS in children
- religion and child abuse
- crimes against children in India
- child marriage
- schemes to protect children
- childline serivces
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Prof. Sibnath Deb, PhD & DSc, is full-time professor of the Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University (A Central University), India. Prof. Deb is also acting as Director (I/C), Directorate of Distance Education and Dean (I/C), School of Law, Pondicherry University. Prior to joining the Pondicherry University he was teaching in the University of Calcutta. In 1994, Prof. Deb did an intensive course on ‘HIV/AIDS and Qualitative Research’ from the University of Western Australia. During April 2009 to Aug. 2009, Prof. Deb visited the School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia as Visiting Faculty. Currently he is also Adjunct Professor of the School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. During 2004-’08, he served the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) as Councilor Member. In brief, he has got 27 years of teaching, research andadministrative experience and has produced 16 PhD’s in addition to publishing more than 100 research articles/book chapters in the leading national and international journals. Prof. Deb has written six books and edited five books. His latest book titled ‘Child Safety, Welfare and Well-being’ has been published by Springer in 2016. Current areas of research interest of Prof. Deb include child safety, students’ mental health, adolescent reproductive health, and applied social psychology (sibnath23@gmail.com). Â
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: An Empirical Investigation into Child Abuse and Neglect in India
Book Subtitle: Burden, Impact and Protective Measures
Authors: Sibnath Deb
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7452-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7451-6Published: 16 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7452-3Published: 05 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-7644
Series E-ISSN: 2211-7652
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 136
Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Child Well-being, Child and School Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry