Police `not equipped to tackle child abuse'
Police `not equipped to tackle child abuse' CHENNAI : Bias and conditioning of attitudes prevent the criminal justice system from fully understanding child abuse, said speakers at the first annual Tulir - CPHCSA lecture held on Saturday evening at the Freemasons Hall. R.K. Raghavan, former director, Central Bureau of Investigation, delivered the lecture on `New Frontiers in Policing: Investigating Child Abuse'. Geeta Ramaseshan, lawyer, who introduced the Tulir - Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse, said that child sexual abuse within families was difficult for many to come to terms with and led them to deny the existence of the problem. Uneven research Dr. Raghavan said the number of reported child rape incidents had crossed 3,500 in 2004. Only 15/20 per cent of rape cases were usually reported, he said, and available research was uneven in standard and rigour. Most offenders were male and well known to the victim. Cases are likely to be reported after