Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is defined by the World Health Organization as the involvement of a child in sexual activity that he or she does not fully comprehend, for which he or she is unable to give informed consent, or for which the child is not developmentally prepared and cannot give consent, or that violates societal laws or social taboos. Fondling, enticing a kid to touch or be touched sexually, intercourse, exhibitionism, engaging a child in prostitution or pornography, or online child luring by cyber-predators are all examples of CSA. CSA is a serious issue that affects people all around the world. A recent systematic analysis of 55 research from 24 countries showed significant variability in study definitions and measurements of CSA, concluding that female CSA rates ranged from 8 to 31 percent while male CSA rates ranged from 3 to 17 percent. This article examines how India's CSA legislation has grown over time, as well as recent revisions to the law and key difficulties to its implementation, which have resulted in lower conviction rates.