SEXUAL ABUSE ON ADOLESCENCE: PREVALENCE, CONSEQUENCES, AFTER EFFECTS, PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND TREATMENTS

Ankita Kakati, MIND India, Sangeeta Goswami, MIND India. Chapter in the book Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault (pp.334-344) DOI:10.4018/978-1-5225-7036-3.ch019
2019
Sexual Abuse Child and Adolescent POCSO Act PTSD Sexism

The major objectives of this chapter is to bring into focus the consequences of sexually abused child and adolescents and how to help them by making them aware of the available treatments and laws enforced for their protection. Keywords: Adolescence, Sexism, POCSO Act, Perpetrators, re-victimization, PTSD, Criminal Law Amendment Act, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.