Abstract

Children are most valuable asset for mankind but the bitter reality is that children are most exploited and thus the trends of crime against them are increasingly continuously. A total of 58224 number of cases in the year 2013, 89423 in the year 2014 and 94172 number of cases against children in the year 2015 has been registered in India which marks an increase of 5.3% as compared to 2014 (NCRB). The mentioned statistics are enough to point out increasing trends of crime against children on whose shoulders the foundations of the country depends. Major crime trends against children include trafficking, Kidnapping, rape and feticide and forced prostitution. The Government introduced POCSO Act in the year 2012 with an objective to introduce child friendly approach in dealing with crimes against children. The paper analyses the Prevention of children from sexual offences and enlist interventions needed to curb the incidences of crime.

Keywords: POCSO, Intervention, Traumatized