Release Date: 2024-06-03

Working and Street Children

Mehmet Oguz Polat (Author), Alim Cansiz (Author)

Release Date: 2024-06-03

Child labor is one of the oldest issues in our society and remains an ongoing problem. Over time, child labor has evolved from working in agriculture or small craft workshops to being forcibly employed in factories as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Children have become highly profitable assets due to their low wages, less [...]

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    First Page189
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.69860/nobel.9786053359265.9
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    Child labor is one of the oldest issues in our society and remains an ongoing problem. Over time, child labor has evolved from working in agriculture or small craft workshops to being forcibly employed in factories as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Children have become highly profitable assets due to their low wages, less tendency to strike, and ease of manipulation. Socio-economic inequalities and lack of access to education are other factors contributing to child labor. Religious and cultural beliefs can be misleading and obscure the boundaries of child labor. Child labor inhibits the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children. To date, there is no international agreement to completely eradicate child labor. This public health issue requires a multidisciplinary approach, from the education of children and their families to the development of comprehensive child labor laws and regulations.

    Mehmet Oguz Polat (Author)
    Professor, Acıbadem University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-6817
    3Oğuz Polat is a forensic medicine expert and academician at Acıbadem Unıversity and dırector of ASUMA-Acıbadem Center of Prevention and Research for Crime and Violence and head of a NGO named Society of Prevention and Rehabilitation from Violence-İMDAT He is lecturing to medical,psychology and school of law forensic medicine, violence, criminology and criminalistics both graduate and master classes. He has 120 Articles about Child abuse ,Child’s Rights , Children at Risk , Violence toward children and Forensic medicine and 28 Books about Child abuse ,Child’s Rights ,Violence and Forensic Medicine including all aspects of child abuse. He is expert on child rights , child abuse and children at risk and domestic violence.

    Alim Cansiz (Author)
    Acıbadem University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-3661
    3Psychologist. Pursuing a master’s degree in forensic sciences at Acıbadem University. He specializes in research on at-risk children, suicide, and addiction.

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