“Childhood is a promise that is never kept”- Ken Hill. The POCSO Act, 2012 was instated on 14th November 2012. This deals with sexual offences against children and also protects them from child pornography. Its primary concentration has been on parts which are not included in the Indian Penal Code. The reason behind the creation…
Bullying is the intentional, aggressive imposition of power over another person. Not only an individual but also a group of people combinely can be involved in the act of bullying someone. Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. When people or a group of people exert…
INTRODUCTION Juvenile delinquency is the involvement of minors in criminal activities. A person’s behaviour is defined as “delinquent” when he deviates from the normal course of his social life. In other words, a criminal delinquent is someone whose acts are dangerous to society and to himself. Running away from home, using inappropriate or vulgar words,…
People who commit crimes at a very young age are called ‘ Juvenile Delinquents’ particularly under the age of 18 years. The mind of a child is tender and develops with each passing year. There mind does not work like the minds of an average adult. The mistakes often committed by them are not lawful.Child…
Child Abuse Abstract The term “child abuse” means mistreatment of a child by a parent or another adult. It is difficult to give a precise definition of child abuse in the absence of any standard definition of child abuse. Child abuse may refer to life threatening physical violence which includes severe beating. The instances of…
POCSO an act enacted for the protection of children from sexual offences. This act states various sexual offences and punishments for the same. Children are the future of our country. Hence, every offence committed against them must be looked into legally and shall be held for punishment where necessary. This will help in protecting the…
ABSTRACTChild abuse is when a child is harmed or neglected by some other individual,either as an adult or an infant. Child violence occurs on all racial, religious, andsocioeconomic lines. Child abuse can take many forms, including biological,physical, mental, linguistic, emotional, sexual and neglect. Violence, abuse orharm may lead to severe injuries to an infant, as…
Child labor is not unique to only India and is found in many places in Africa, South America and even Europe. Western companies such as Gap have come under fire for their exploitation of children in their manufacturing process. Many of these facilities that abuse children for their free labor are located in India. The main states in India where child…
Juvenile crime is not naturally born in the boy, but is largely due either to the spirit of adventure that is in him, to his own stupidity, or to his lack of discipline, according to the nature of the individual. JUVENILE CRIMES Juvenile Delinquency implies a wrongdoing perpetrated by youth who is younger than 18…
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, experience and mental processes. Behaviour includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions, such as talking, facial expressions and movement. Mental processes refer to all the internal, covert actions of our minds, such as thinking, feeling and remembering. To study behaviour and mental processes in both…
