Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

An Epidemiological Study of Different Aspect of Child Maltreatment in Siliguri Police Commissionerate

  • Author:
  • Gautam Kumar1, Rajib Prasad2,, Priyankar Roy3, Vivek Kumar3, Saikat Saha4, Aman Kumar5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 106 to 110

1Senior Resident Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology AIIMS Patna

2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology NBMC&H Darjeeling

3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology NBMC&H Darjeeling

4Tutor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, ESI IPGMSR ESIC Medical College Joka Kolkata

5Additional Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology IGIMS, Patna

*Corresponding author: Dr. Rajib Prasad, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology NBMC&H Darjeeling

Online published on 8 February, 2019.

Abstract

Maltreatment in any form whether that is physical, emotional, neglect or sexual.

To know Prevalence of Child Maltreatment in Siliguri Police commissionerate.

A cross sectional study with stratified random sampling among 220 school going children in aged 13–18 year with the help of a pre-designed, pretested Questionnaire.

33.2% children faced maltreatment of which 41.44%, 27.9%, 21.6%, 9.06% was physical, psychological, sexual and neglect respectively. It is statistically significant among males, nuclear family, increasing number of family members, and presence of family violence.

Keywords

Child Abuse, Prevalence, Accuse, family, teachers