Child Abuse and Prevention in India: Critical Responses

By: Dipak Giri

Surprisingly, even after the Constitution of India guarantees the fundamental rights of children in Articles 14 to 24, child abuse and neglect has become a common occurrence in India. Though the POCSO Act, 2012, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 that repeals the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 safeguard these fundamental rights, child abuse and neglect still persists in India. So, the aim of this book is to conjunct upon child abuse, violence and prevention in India and the provisions being envisaged therein, keeping the child as the central theme of all the rights, policy and legislative provisions and decisions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9309260076
• ISBN13: 9789309260070
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Akhand Publishing House, Delhi
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"