Prevention of Child Abuse Through Awareness and Curriculum Design
Abstract
Child sexual abuse (CSA) means contacts or relations between a child and an adult, i.e., stranger, sibling, parent, or
caretaker, when the child is being used as an entity of satisfaction of lust for adult’s needs. This research
paper highlights the issue of fondling and pornography. Very outrageous facts and figures were derived as from
among 460 children 197 (42%) were found victims of fondling and 16 were the victims both fondling and
pornography both. Result showed that fondling and pornography is prevailing in higher ratio in the society as
compared to gang rape and sodomy. 4 to 8 years girls and 11 to 14 years boys are at higher risk of fondling.
Boys are more prone to pornography as compared to girls. This paper suggested the age appropriate
terminologies and vocabulary for teachers and parents to make children aware of the issue and body protection and
provided guideline to curriculum developers to add age appropriate content regarding body protection in
curriculum.
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Keywords
child sexual abuse, good touch, bad touch, secrecy, pornography, International Resources, Pakistan
Citation
Ain, N. E. (2017). Prevention of Child Abuse Through Awareness and Curriculum Design. Psychology, 7(2), 112-118.