Child Maltreatment

The stiff 30-year prison sentence for an Indian-American woman for female foeticide and child maltreatment has sparked a debate in the US on how prosecutors are using laws designed to protect expecting mothers to criminalise women for terminating a pregnancy.

A 33-year-old Indian-American woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for female foeticide and child maltreatment of a dependent. Purvi Patel, was sentenced on the neglect of a dependent charge to 30 years in prison with 20 years executed, 10 suspended. She will also serve five years probation.

A Norway court has convicted an Indian couple for alleged child abuse. The police have accused the couple, who is from Andhra Pradesh, of "gross or repeated maltreatment of their children by threats, violence".

A court in Norway will give its verdict today on the case of the Indian couple arrested in Norway for alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son. Chandrashekar Vallabhaneni and his wife Anupama were arrested on November 28 on charges of "gross repeated maltreatment" of their child by "threats, violence or other wrong".

Sexual maltreatment is one of the most common forms of child abuse. Recent research points out that most boys who were sexually abused do not necessarily become abusers themselves but there are certain factors that may increase the risk, such as a lack of basic needs in childhood and violence at home.

The stiff 30-year prison sentence for an Indian-American woman for female foeticide and child maltreatment has sparked a debate in the US on how prosecutors are using laws designed to protect expecting mothers to criminalise women for terminating a pregnancy.

A 33-year-old Indian-American woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for female foeticide and child maltreatment of a dependent. Purvi Patel, was sentenced on the neglect of a dependent charge to 30 years in prison with 20 years executed, 10 suspended. She will also serve five years probation.

A Norway court has convicted an Indian couple for alleged child abuse. The police have accused the couple, who is from Andhra Pradesh, of "gross or repeated maltreatment of their children by threats, violence".

A court in Norway will give its verdict today on the case of the Indian couple arrested in Norway for alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son. Chandrashekar Vallabhaneni and his wife Anupama were arrested on November 28 on charges of "gross repeated maltreatment" of their child by "threats, violence or other wrong".

Sexual maltreatment is one of the most common forms of child abuse. Recent research points out that most boys who were sexually abused do not necessarily become abusers themselves but there are certain factors that may increase the risk, such as a lack of basic needs in childhood and violence at home.