Incest and Sexual Assualt on Minor Girls

The child sexual abuse is an under reported offence in India, which has reached epidemic proportion. A recent study on prevalence of sexual abuse among adolescents in Kerala, reported that 36 per cent of boys and 35 per cent of girls had experienced sexual abuse at some point of time. A similar study conducted by the Government of India in 17,220 children and adolescents to estimate the burden of sexual abuse revealed shocking results and showed that every second child in the country was sexually abused among them, 52.94 per cent were boys and 47.06 per cent were girls. Highest sexual abuse was reported in Assam 57.27 followed by Delhi 41 , Andhra Pradesh 33.87 and Bihar 33.27 . 1 Sexual abuse and sex trafficking remain highly prevalent and are among the serious problems in India. In the last two decades, an increase in the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases has been shown in children. Children who are victims of sexual abuse often know the perpetrator in some way. Hence, the problem of child sexual abuse needs to be addressed through less ambiguous and more stringent punishment. Dr. Geetika Sood | Avrida Jan "Incest and Sexual Assualt on Minor Girls" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-4 , June 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23608.pdf