Impact of Sexual Abuse on Mental Health of Children

by Sibnath Deb, Aparna Mukherjee

Overview

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropod logy. At some 1.3million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. it is a specialty within the field of biology. Though technically incorrect, the definition is sometimes widened to include the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, and slugs. This book aims at to provide a comprehensive, well illustrated, up to date, general and applied account of entomology which is written in a simple and lucid language. This book will serve as a valuable reference source on this subject and would be of great importance for the students, teachers and researchers and those interested in protecting the pulses and oilseed crops from insect pests. Contents: introduction; Whiteflies in Commercial Greenhouse Poinsettia Production; introduction to in sect Anatomy; Physiology and Biochemistry of the insect Fat Body; Forensic Entomological Decomposition; Use of DNA in Forensic Entomology; Morphology and Circuitry of Ganglion Cells.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789355941190
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	276
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Sibnath Deb is a senior faculty in Applied Psychology, Calcutta University. Earlier, he worked in a professional research company as Senior Research Manager and in an international NGO as Research Officer. He is the Council Member of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN); Founder Vice-President of the Indian National Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; Founder Secretary of MIDSW-an NGO involved in child protection; and Member of the Board of Editors, Journal of Interpersonal Violence. He was Steering Committee Member of the UN Secretary General Study on 'Violence Against Children'. Dr. Deb has to his credit many books including Children in Agony (recipient of 'Best Book Award 2007); Contemporary Social Problems in India; Styles of Parenting Adolescents: The Indian Scenario. Also, Dr. Deb has published more than 70 research papers and dealt with more than 40 large scale studies for different agencies like the WHO, IDRC, DFID, CRS, CARE, UNICEF, the Johns Hopkins University and so on. He can be reached at [e-mail]/[e-mail]

Aparna Mukherjee, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Applied Psychology, has worked on two research projects-one on the impact of early marriage on girl children and the other on perception of health service providers about care and support services for the HIV/AIDS patients. She has five years research experience in the field of early marriage, child sexual abuse and HIV/AIDS. Her areas of research interest include child trafficking, behaviour of high risk group people and prevention of early marriage.