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Child Victimization at Working Places in Bangladesh

Received: 28 September 2015     Accepted: 10 October 2015     Published: 22 October 2015
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Abstract

The study was conducted on Tangail Sadar upazila at Tangail district in Bangladesh. There were 60% boys and 40% girlstaken for the study applyingconvenience sampling method. According to the study, 32.9% respondents worked in restaurant, 18.8% in industries and households. Results showed that 41.1% respondents were sexually abused, 23.55% tortured by senior co-workers and 35.25% were physically assaulted. There were 42.4% respondents to work 5-8 hours and 30.5% above 8 hours per dayviolating the ILO regulations.

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 4, Issue 6)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajap.20150406.13
Page(s) 146-149
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Keywords

Child Victimization, Working Places, Bangladesh

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  • Department of Criminology and Police Science, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail, Bangladesh

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