Prolonged school closure during the pandemic time in successive waves of COVID-19- vulnerability of children to sexual abuses – A case study in Tamil Nadu, India

Paramasivan, Kandaswamy; Raj, Bhiksha; Sudarasanam, Nandan; Subburaj, Rahul

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17865

Heliyon

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17865

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Prolonged school closure during the pandemic time in successive waves of COVID-19- vulnerability of children to sexual abuses – A case study in Tamil Nadu, India

Kandaswamy Paramasivan,

Bhiksha Raj,

Nandan Sudarasanam

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Understanding the role of mobility in the recorded levels of violent crimes during COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Tamil Nadu, India

Paramasivan,

Jaiswal,

Subburaj

et al. 2024

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Purpose/Goal This research investigates the potential link between mobility and violent crimes in Tamil Nadu, India, using an empirical study centred on the COVID-19 pandemic waves (2020–2022). The goal is to understand how these events influenced crime, employing a counterfactual approach. Methods The study employs the XGBoost algorithm to forecast counterfactual events across different timeframes with varying levels of mobility. The mobility data sources include historical bus and passenger records spanning a decade, along with Google Community Mobility Reports added during the pandemic phases. The foundation for crime analysis is built upon the univariate time series of violent crimes reported as First Information Reports from 2010 to 2022. Findings Results indicate a significant correlation between mobility and violent crimes when mobility drops below a specific threshold. However, no such correlation is observed when mobility is above this threshold during the non-pandemic periods. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on people’s and vehicular mobility, especially during the complete lockdown periods of the first two waves, and also affected crime rates. Conclusions The decrease in recorded incidents could also be attributed to fewer criminal opportunities. Additionally, this could be due to unfavourable situational factors, such as victims’ limited access to appropriate health and law enforcement agencies to report crimes. Furthermore, frontline services were busy with pandemic-related commitments, which could have contributed to a lack of crime registration even when crimes were committed.

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Understanding the role of mobility in the recorded levels of violent crimes during COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Tamil Nadu, India

Paramasivan,

Jaiswal,

Subburaj

et al. 2024

Crime Sci

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Child Abuse: The Psychological and Societal Effects of Virtual Networks

Raj

2024

Edumania

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Information and communication technologies now play a crucial role in the lives and development of children. But kids also need to learn how to manage the risks that come with using technology. Online social networks have many effects and dangers on individual mental health, so excessive use causes depression, anxiety, violence, addiction, and body image distortions in individuals. Although researchers focus on the negative effects of social networks, they still have several benefits for individual health. To understand how exposure to child abuse information on social media platforms affects social relationships and psychological well-being. Inclusion-Exclusion methodology used in this research. Social connections and psychological health are seriously impacted by watching child abuse content on social media. It speaks that to lessen these effects and safeguard those at risk, strong support networks, as well as successful internet safety measures, are needed. This study establishes the degree to which the Internet’s security measures and support networks are currently adequate to lessen these consequences.

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Prolonged school closure during the pandemic time in successive waves of COVID-19- vulnerability of children to sexual abuses – A case study in Tamil Nadu, India

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Understanding the role of mobility in the recorded levels of violent crimes during COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Tamil Nadu, India

Understanding the role of mobility in the recorded levels of violent crimes during COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Tamil Nadu, India

Child Abuse: The Psychological and Societal Effects of Virtual Networks

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