I think the answer to this question is that it paved way to the popularity of mystery fiction. Also, a significant result of Doyle's detective mysteries is their focus on crime investigation and paying attention to details that would help in crime-fighting - which encouraged awareness during his time about it.
This mostly depends on abuse by whom. Parents who abuse their children often do it because of personal failure and insecurities, so they see their child either as a valve, or as a testimony to their life, or anything like that. Peer abuse can often happen due to things such as physical disabilities, nationality, religion, race, or anything similar.
The answer is description because you are describing the events that happened
Analog device
given the hands it relates to an analog clock
