Child Rights And Social Wrongs A Contemporary Realities

Children, who by definition require the guardianship and care of adults, are among the most vulnerable and innocent victims of crimes. Children suffer rates of conventional crime victimization, like rape, robbery and assault that are substantially higher than the general adult population. They also suffer a considerable burden of victimizations that are specific to being children child maltreatment, neglect and emotional abuse. Unfortunately, crimes against children are considerably less likely to come to police attention than crimes against adults. Even so, the police see more children in the role of crime victim than in the role of crime offender. It is thus ironic that crimes committed by children juvenile delinquency receive considerably more official attention than crimes committed against children. This informative book is essentially useful for scholars, researchers, social activists, academics, government functionaries and the general reader alike.