TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations;
List of Illustrations;
Acknowledgement;
1. Introduction;
1.1 Background;
2. Literature Review;
2.1 History and Theories of Abuse;
2.2 Sociodemography of Slums: Safety and Security Concern;
2.3 Adolescent Girls: The Most Vulnerable;
3. Research Problem;
3.1 Delineation of the Problem;
4. Research Objectives and Questions;
4.1 Research Objectives;
4.2 Research Questions;
5. Research Methodology;
5.1 Sources of Primary Data;
5.2 Source of Secondary Data;
5.3 Adolescent girls in Rajendranagar slum, Aadugodi;
5.4 Limitation of the Study;
6. Urban Slums: Pandora’s Box for Adolescent Girls;
6.1 Tendency of Externalisation;
7. Safety and Security of Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums;
7.1 Framework of Safety and Security;
7.2 Safety and Security Concerns of Adolescent Girls;
8. Cremation of Hope: Sexual Abuse of Adolescent Girls;
8.1 Maslow’s Theory of Motivation;
8.2 Multifactorial Theory of Abuse;
9. Is Child Marriage a Safety Valve against Child Abuse?;
9.1 Case 1: Story of Bhavani;
9.2 Case 2: Story of Adhavi;
9.3 Child Marriage in Slums: Contortion of Abuse;
10. POCSO Act: India’s Combat against Child Sexual Abuse;
11. Ad Hoc Punishments: Miles away from Assuring Safety;
12. Ex-ante Framework for Prevention of Sexual Abuse;
12.1 Planning the ex-ante Framework;
12.2 The Social Ecological Model;
12.3 Goal;
12.4 Objective;
12.5 Intervention;
13. Policy Recommendation;
13.1 Individual Level;
13.2 Inter-Personal Level;
13.3 Social Marketing Campaigns;
13.4 Community Level;
13.5 Society Level;
14. Conclusion;
References.