Peer-reviewed article
A Study on Violence against Children
Meenakshi Varma, Imadul Deen ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This paper examines violence against children in India across institutional care, schools, and homes. It discusses how violence affects children's physical, mental, emotional and social well-being, and explores the causes including socio-economic factors, cultural norms and household environment. The paper considers prevention approaches ranging from stronger laws to community education and awareness.
Key points
- Violence against children occurs across all social groups regardless of ethnicity, religion, caste, gender and culture
- Violence can occur in multiple settings: institutional care, schools, and homes
- Violence has serious consequences for children's physical, mental, emotional and social well-being
- Causes include socio-economic factors, cultural norms, beliefs and household environment
- Prevention requires collective effort including strong laws, education and community awareness
Limitations
The document is an abstract or introduction that does not present empirical data, specific findings, or analysis of violence prevalence or intervention outcomes in India. It cannot tell us about the actual extent of violence, which interventions are most effective, or what outcomes have been achieved.
Abstract
Violence against children has been one of the most brutal and serious problems in our contemporary society. Children in institutional care, schools and even in their own homes are subjected to some type of violence, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, caste, gender and culture. This could seriously affect their physical, mental, emotional and social well-being. The child violence can be caused by a number of reasons including their socio-economic factors, cultural norms, beliefs and their household environment. For the prevention of child violence, an effective and collective effort is required. From implementing strong and effective laws to providing education and community awareness, the prevention and elimination of child violence from the society could be a long and complex process .This paper studies and discusses the different types of violences, it’s consequences on the children and the various ways through which we could reduce and eliminate it from our society.