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Commercial Exploitation in Childhood and Tertiary Prevention

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This chapter discusses commercial exploitation of children and tertiary prevention for them with reference to:

1. Concepts, causes and types of commercial exploitation of children such as child labour, commercial sexual exploitation of children and trafficking and sale of children;

2. Child rights to protection from commercial exploitation; and

3. Child advocacy intervention for restorative justice to child victims of commercial exploitation, aiming at tertiary prevention.

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Desai, M. (2010). Commercial Exploitation in Childhood and Tertiary Prevention. In: A Rights-Based Preventative Approach for Psychosocial Well-Being in Childhood. Children¿s Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9066-9_18

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