Contents Foreword ix Preface xi List of Contributors xiii Section -1 Child Trafficking and Child Labour 1. Child Trafficking in India 3 G. Rajaathi & R.Radha 2. Child Labour in India: An Analysis 12 J. Benet Rajadurai, T. Selvarai Navamony & N. Tamil Selvi 3. Role of Media in Creating Awareness on 22 Child Labour Issue in India Debarati Dhar 4. Child Labour: A Test for the Development 29 Practitioners. D. Emmanuel 5. Child Labour: A Curse to India 36 Somak Sen 6. Child Labour Practices in Scheduled Castes: 46 Issues and Challenges T. Sundara Raj. & C. Govindan 7. Child Labour in India 58 D. Vijayalakshmi Section - II Street Children and Child Health 8. Street Children in India: A Critical Analysis 73 C. Chidambaranathan, I. Jenitta Mary & M.D. Allenselvakumar 9. Child Health 81 Vishalakshi 10. Malnutrition and Its Problems Towards the Child 94 I. Jenitta Mary, Shankar Raj & Madhan 11. An Interrelationship between Child Health and 101 Child Mortality C. Chidambaranathan & Aravind Raj 12. Physical Activities, Balanced Food and Good 107 Habits for Child Health - A Theoretical Study P. Gopinathan 13. Health Status of School Going Children in 117 Rural Area S. Premapriya & R. Radha 14. Child Health Problems 127 S. Shankar Section - III Child Education 15. Child Education in Tamilnadu: An Analysis 137 I. Jenitta Mary & M.D. Allenselvakumar 16. School Drop Out in India 145 C. Chidambaranathan & M. Mahalingam 17. Promoting Equalization of Educational 152 Opportunities of SC/ST Children C. Natarajan & T. Kanakaraj Section - IV Child Abuse and Child Discrimination 18. Child Sexual Abuse 159 R. Jeniba Christy &. S. Ganga Devi 19. Child Abuse: Issues and Rehabilitation 164 M.D. Allenselvakumar & Prasanth 20. Psychological Interventions on Stress among 173 School Students K. Kannadasan & S. Thirumalai Kumar 21. Usage and Victimization of Higher Secondary 177 School Students on Social Networking Sites in Chennai City K. Sowmya & Remya Mariam Raju 22. Denial of Birth Right to Girls: A Gender 189 Perspective Analysis S. llavarasi, J. Indirani & R. Priya Bharadwaj 23. Loss of Childhood: Vulnerability of Adolescent 196 Girls Belonging to Families Undergoing Situarional Crisis R. Gayathri, N. Manimekalai & S. Suba 24. The Social Relevance of Right to Education 215 Act in Tamilnadu: A Subaltern Perspective B. Prabakaran & N. Meenakshi 25. Child Discriminisation: A Barrier to the Growth224 of Children Divine George Thomas, Vijayakumar & M.D. Allenselvakumar 26. A Study on Domestic Violence Against Children: 233 In Contemporary Indian Society - A Sociological Analysis T. Murugesan & I. Singaram 27. Exposure to Domestic Violence as a Forerunner 250 to Later Criminal Behaviour: An Exploratory Study Ameen Abdulla Section - V Juvenile Delinquency 28. Redefining Juvenile Delinquency 273 P. Sumitha Shalini 29. Family Environment and Juvenile 284 Delinquency - A Review S. Vedapurieswaran 30. Juvenile belinquents: Causes and 299 Treating Methods A. Shyamala Devi & A. Veliappan 31. Effect of Specified Physical Education 309 Programme on Selected Personality Dimensions Among Juvenile Delinquents R. Subramanian & S. Thirumalai Kumar 32. Impact of Media as an Aggravating Factor for 318 Delinquency M. Mohamed Jaleel & M.D. Allenselvakumar 33. Juvenile Delinquency - A Closer Look 331 V.N. Parthiban Section - VI Child Rights 34. Corporate Social Responsibility and Child Rights 343 in India Debasis Bhattacharya, Vandana Bhattacharya (Nee Kashyap) & B.K. Pattanaik 35. Child Protection: An Essential Approach 355 Garima Nath 36. Public Awareness and Human Rights: 364 Perspective of Participatory Development Communication in West Bengal Srabani Roy 37. Liberation Through Education - Panacea for 384 Child Exploitation N.K. Sunil Kumar Index 399