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"Most of the girls surveyed were subjected to sexual abuse and did not know how to overcome their trauma. However, educating them is important as they may take to crime or flesh trade," she said. "Teenagers, especially, resist school as they have experienced freedom on the streets. Almost every child who begs on Chennai's streets has faced some form of physical or verbal abuse and some are inflicted serious injuries to "solicit empathy to have higher earnings", found a research paper on child beggary by V Nirmala , a PhD student in criminology at University of Madras . Many of these children suffered from deep psychological issues and need special care..