The present research is an attempt to explain the problem of child marriage in light of routine activity theory, developed by Felson and Cohen in 1979. There is, however, no specific theory that exclusively addresses either children as victims of crime in general or victims of child marriage in particular. Unlike other crime victims, however, certain victims of child marriage do not view themselves as ‘victims’, given the underlying causative factors and the justification of the consequences of such victimization. Routine activity theory was initially intended to explain property crimes. In course of time, scholars of victimology began applying this theory to explain various kinds of victimization, including domestic violence in different contexts. In this connection, a study was conducted among victims of child marriage in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, to link the practice of child marriage with the routine activity theory. For the purpose of the present research, data were collected from 252 women who were married as children. The findings of the research have revealed that the practice of child marriage can be explained from two dimensions: the first explains the causes underlying its occurrence, and the second deals with how intimate partner violence plays out in such circumstances. The outcome of this research is expected to fill a gap in the literature in the field of victimology.

本研究旨在根据Felson和Cohen于1979年提出的常规活动理论来解释童婚问题。但是，没有专门的理论专门针对儿童作为一般犯罪的受害者或儿童的受害者。特别是童婚。但是，与其他犯罪受害者不同，某些童婚受害者并不认为自己是“受害者”，因为其具有潜在的致病因素并证明了这种受害者后果的正当性。日常活动理论最初旨在解释财产犯罪。随着时间的流逝，受害者学的学者们开始运用这一理论来解释各种形式的受害者，包括在不同情况下的家庭暴力。在这方面，在泰米尔纳德邦的童婚受害者中进行了一项研究，印度，将童婚的做法与日常活动理论联系起来。出于本研究的目的，收集了252位儿时已婚妇女的数据。该研究的发现表明，童婚的行为可以从两个方面进行解释：第一个解释童婚的发生原因，第二个涉及在这种情况下亲密伴侣暴力的后果。预期这项研究的结果将填补受害者学领域文献中的空白。第一个解释了其发生的根源，第二个解释了在这种情况下亲密伴侣暴力的后果。预期这项研究的结果将填补受害者学领域文献中的空白。第一个解释了其发生的原因，第二个解释了在这种情况下亲密伴侣暴力的后果。预期这项研究的结果将填补受害者学领域文献中的空白。