Child abuse:- a survey in Nairobi

Abstract

The study on child abuse was carried out in Nairobi between 1989-1992 to determine the magnitude of the problem (child abuse). The increased rate of press reports on incidents of child-abuse, sometimes leading to the death of the children involved prompted me to carry out the research. The objectives of, the study was to investigate the nature and extent of child abuse in Kenya in general and Nairobi in particular, to find out whether there is a relationship between gender and child abuse, to find out the type of families that make children more vulnerable to abuse, to find out the kind of parents who are more likely to abuse their children, to find out the risk factors in the child.