| Abstract [eng] |
Child abuse is a common thing in our society, a problem of the public from a long time. Children are often been regarded as the leaders of tomorrow and by implication any danger to them invariably affects the tomorrow. Child abuse have been described as that with severe short term and long-term consequences. The main goal of the was to study investigated the roles of social workers in dealing with child sexual abuse in Nigeria while specific objective analysed theoretical presumptions of child's sexual abuse and its impact on child development, examined the patterns and underlying factors of child abuse in Nigeria, and investigated the social worker roles on the services for children experiencing sexual abuse. Qualitative method of research which involved key informant interview was adopted in this study. The study was conducted among social workers in Lagos State, Nigeria. For this study purposive sampling technique was to select ten (10) professional social workers who are working in criminal justice department, rehabilitation institutions and Neuropsychiatric Hospitals. This study focused on semi-structured interview as a method for data collection, both individual and group. |
