violation of children's rights: can forensic medicine help?

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Table 4
Crimes against Children in the country and percentage variation in 2003 over 2002
Crime Head
YEAR
% Variation in 2003
2001 2002 2003
over 2002
Murder
Infanticide
Rape
Kidnapping & Abduction
Foeticide
Abetment of Suicide
Exposure & Abandonment
Procuration of Minor Girls
Buying of Girls for Prostitution
Selling of Girls for Prostitution
Child Marriage Restraint Act
Other Crimes*
1042
133
2113
2845
55
26
678
138
6
8
85
3685
1073
115
2532
2322
84
24
644
124
9
5
113
3424
1212
103
2949
2571
57
25
722
171
24
36
63
3700
13.0
-10.4
16.5
10.7
-32.1
4.2
12.1
37.9
166.7
620.0
-44.2
8.1
Total 10814 10469 11633 11.1
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