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In India, although the problem of child abuse is less thought and recognized, in reality, it continues to grow in alarming proportions. The sexual abuse ranged from severe, such as rape, violent sexual assault to milder forms as molestation, fondling or forcible kissing, inappropriate touch, or exposure to pornography. As the constitution of the sample surveyed consisted of children at home, school children, those in institutional care, child laborers, street dwellers, the incidence of abuse varied according to their background, as we know the economic and the social outcasts were twice condemned.
Mudliyar et al. (Thu,) studied this question.