Children are abused in eastern countries

A look at India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9973791
AutoresUma A Segal (0000-0002-6389-9899, University of Missouri–St. Louis, autor de correspondencia)
Año1999
Volumen42
Número1
Páginas39-52
Fecha de publicación1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002087289904200105
OpenAlexW2059872571
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas25

Identification of child abuse requires study of (1) adult behavior, (2) the effect on, or the reaction of, the child, and (3) the perception of the observer. This article looks at three published studies in order to explore claims that Indians do not abuse children. Research shows that (1) there is widespread use of corporal punishment, often severe, (2) children find this unacceptable and (3) Indian social workers are lacking in awareness of the problem. Attention should therefore be focused on recognition of abuse as a problem, rather than on numbers of cases

Child abuse · Corporal punishment · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Identification (biology · Perception · Poison control · Punishment (psychology · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology