...Child Sexual Abuse in the United States and Its Long Term Effects Abstract This will be a paper to demonstrate the staggering number of sexual abuse cases in the United States and its long term effects on children and adults. My interest in this topic is due to the fact that I have been sexually abused as a child and have been researching about the long term effects in people who do not come forward with this problem. Many people have been able to recover from the damaging effects of sexual abuse, however, many still suffer from past memories and present debilitations. This paper aims to expose 5 facts about sexual abuse in children as well as statistics, adverse effects, prevention strategies, how homosexuality can be traced back to child abuse, how to recognize if your child has been abused, and reasons why people abuse children. I will also share some of my personal experiences in order to help the reader understand the damaging effect that child sex abuse has on a child and how it evolves into worse acts if not treated quickly. Child Sexual Abuse in the United States and its Long Term Effects Child sexual abuse is a form of abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual purposes. These purposes can range from sexual activity regardless of outcome, exposure to pornographic materials, and even to produce child pornography. It is the one crime that can occur anywhere whether it be school, playgrounds, work, and home. In a way, children who are abused...
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...In the article “The Science of Child Sexual Abuse the author talks about a lot of different things. Usually when a child has been sexually abused it is most commonly some family member or someone whom is close to the child. Some children are afraid to tell someone about what is going on because sometimes the person that is abusing them usually will threaten them and tell not to tell. Twenty percent of sexual abuse are committed by males have been reported. Because of this abuse some children may become depressed for feel down thinking that it is all their fault. Many children have lack of support from their parents or caregivers. When a child has been abused they will sometimes have night mares about the terrorizing event that may have took...
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...Introduction Child sexual abuse falls under child abuse which includes any sexual activity with minor. A minor cannot give consent to any kind of sexual activity. Child sexual abuses don’t include only physical only physical contact between the perpetrator and the minor. Some sort of child sexual abuse are : - Exposing oneself to the minor. - Fondling - Intercourse of any kind with minor, including vaginal, anal, or oral. - Masturbating in front of the minor or forcing them to do so. - Obscene phone calls, messages or digital interactions. - Producing or sharing any pornographic images or movies. - Sex trafficking - Any other sexual activity which may affect child's psychological, emotional, or physical well being It is the fact that millions of minors worldwide are being sexually abused either within the house or anywhere outside. The perpetrator can be anyone who takes advantage of the child to satisfy sexual pleasure. A perpetrator does not need to be an adult to harm any child. The can be related to the child including an elder sibling or playfellow, any family member, a teacher, a coach or an instructor, a care taker, or the parent of another child....
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...SUB-THEME-VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRL CHILD TITLE- CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN INDIA: A SOCIO-LEGAL ISSUES ISHA KANSAL STUDENT OF B.A.LL.B. (4th SEMESTER) DISHA LAW COLLEGE RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH ADDRESS OF AUTHOR- Mr. Neeraj Kansal B-18/15, Sec-3 Udya society, Tatibandh Raipur (C.G.), 492001 meetishakansal@gmail.com BIOGRAPHY OF AUTHOR I am Isha Kansal, I have completed my schooling from Gyan Ganga Educational Academy, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. I am currently pursuing B.A.LL.B. (4th semester) from Disha Law College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. I have done my internships in NGO, Indian Partnership Act, 1932 and Chhattisgarh High Court. ABSTRACT Child Sexual Abuse or child molestation is a form of child abuse in which any person uses a child for sexual stimulation. Child Sexual Abuse can be of many kinds like touching in private parts, taking obscene photos, showing child pornography picture to child etc. In India, sexual abuse against girl child has added fuel to the fire and it had made its place in one of the hot topic for debate and research in India. In Delhi, a girl aged 5 years was brutally raped by 2 men and she was left in the bushes with bleeding in her genital area. A girl who don’t know the meaning of rape is raped and due to the failure of our executive as well as judiciary...
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...Sexual abuse in children is a horrible crime that most children never recover from. Our prison system and mental health facilities are crowed with many individuals who have experienced sexual abuse at some point in their lives. In the United States, 3,000,000 cases of child abuse are reported annually. In children, one out of every three girls, and one out of every five boys will be sexually abused by the time they reach the age of eighteen. Many incidents of sexual abuse go unreported. The victims of sexual abuse, because of their young age, threats made by the perpetrator, or shame, never report the abuse. The number of cases not reported could be as much or more than ten times the amount that are reported. Even those who...
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...Domestic Violence - HUS 201 | The Catholic Church-Child Sexual Abuse Scandal | 14 December 2013 | The Catholic Church – Child Sexual Abuse Scandal Throughout many decades, there has been a scandal circulating, which many found disturbing, abusive, and mistrusting. Throughout many decades, there has been a scandal circulating, which many found disturbing, abusive, and mistrusting. Religion is a “set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially whenconsidered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional andritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs (Dictionary.com).” Many individuals across the world practice the Catholic religion. According to BCC World News in the article, How Many Roman Catholics Are There in the World?, there are an estimated 1.2 billion practicing Catholics around the world. In this paper, you are going to learn about the findings within the past of child sexual abuse within the Catholic church, the history of the abuse, who was affected by this problems, and future solutions. Nationally, there has been an epidemic against child sexual abuse within the Catholic church. This abuse is arising from all of the world including, but not limited to, Australia, The United States of America, Brazil, and Italy. This abuse has been happening for a long time. In the book, Father Thomas Doyle, alongside former monks Richard...
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...Apart from the everyday economic, political and environmental issues that are shown in the television and discussed in the newspapers is another problem that is sickening— like a social bug that affects everybody— child sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse is getting more rampant these days and it does not happen overnight. It is a gradual process like a predator hunting for a prey. And this makes us think, why is it not identified sooner? The Jerry Sandusky scandal in 2011, a high profile case with 40 counts of child sexual abuse against boys, have ignited a curiosity about the sexual grooming behaviors of such offenders (Winters and Jeglic 1). Child sexual abuse is an ongoing problem in the community that could lead to adverse and unfavorable...
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...University of Maryland University College Physical, Behavioral, and Emotional Developmental Effects of Child Sexual Abuse Cathy F. Breingan PSYC355, Child Psychology Joann Altiero, Ph.D. April, 2009 It is difficult to believe that it is a sick world out there full of very sick and vile people. Not only is it bad enough that adults cannot even feel safe anymore out there in the world but the children are just as vulnerable—they are more vulnerable and at risk in more ways than one. One of those vulnerability and risk is child abuse. There are different types of child abuse. They are child neglect, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and the focus of this paper, child sexual abuse. The Darkness to Light Organization “defines child sexual abuse in four distinct ways: (1) Any sexual act between an adult and a minor or between two minors when one exerts power over the other; (2) Forcing, coercing or persuading a child to engage in any type of sexual act. This, of course, includes sexual contact. It also includes non-contact acts such as exhibitionism, exposure to pornography, voyeurism and communication in a sexual manner by phone or internet; (3) an ongoing and traumatic experience for its victims; and (4) a crime punishable by law” (cited in Dove & Miller, 2007). With sexual abuse come negative effects and developmental issues that can carry through adulthood. These effects will haunt the victims for the rest...
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...Child Sexual Abuse Versus False Memory Syndrome People can experience sexual abuse memories from their childhood. These individuals believe that they went through such a traumatic experience of this kind. By remembering how these events occurred in details, these memories are truly experienced by all of these individuals’ emotions and beliefs. Research shows than child sexual abuse memories can occur in the form of repressed childhood experience and/or in the form of False Memory Syndrome. Personally, I identify both of these matters as important psychological and social problems. This is due to the fact that too many innocent children go through sexual abuse by their relatives. With today’s technology, societies are still not able to recognize it, prevent it, and threat it accurately in the timely matter. For instance, those sexual abused traumas cannot be identified easily because of the child emotional bounding to their loved ones. These facts cause children to repress their unacceptable emotional and physical memories into their unconscious mind, which increases the likelihood to develop other psychological disorders. On the other hand, people are mistreated by their therapists and develop False Memory Syndrome. I considered this a serious psychological and social problem. Due to that fact, many professional workers use their educational advantage against individuals who in the need for medical help. These help seeking people’s health and well-beings are highly...
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...Child Sexual Abuse in the United States and its Long Term Effects David Andrade Liberty University SOCI-201 Robert D. Clark May 5, 2014 Abstract This will be a paper to demonstrate the staggering number of sexual abuse cases in the United States and its long term effects on children and adults. My interest in this topic is due to the fact that I have been sexually abused as a child and have been researching about the long term effects in people who do not come forward with this problem. Many people have been able to recover from the damaging effects of sexual abuse, however, many still suffer from past memories and present debilitations. This paper aims to expose 5 facts about sexual abuse in children as well as statistics, adverse effects, prevention strategies, how homosexuality can be traced back to child abuse, how to recognize if your child has been abused, and reasons why people abuse children. I will also share some of my personal experiences in order to help the reader understand the damaging effect that child sex abuse has on a child and how it evolves into worse acts if not treated quickly. Child Sexual Abuse in the United States and its Long Term Effects Child sexual abuse is a form of abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual purposes. These purposes can range from sexual activity regardless of outcome, exposure to pornographic materials, and even to produce child pornography. It is the one crime that can occur anywhere whether...
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...Service was contacted and they step in to intervene. The mother and farther eventually divorced and the mother then got involved with a new guy. They ended up have a little girl together in 2001. Sometime during this relationship the guy sexually abuse the boy. Once again CYS step in and the mother split up with the guy. A few years later the mother got remarried and they have a girl and a boy together. When his youngest sister was six year old he told her he would give her all of his school supplies if she had sex with him. The young girl did not know what to do and he ended up sexually abusing his...
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...* * Child Molestation and Homosexuality Ann Landers used to proclaim that the statement “Homosexuals are more inclined to molest children sexually than heterosexuals” is false.1 The American Psychological Association sponsored a work asserting: “Recognized researchers in the field on child abuse,… almost unanimously concur that homosexual people are actually less likely to approach children sexually.”2 Why is it, then, that we read about sex between boys and men in every newspaper? Does it merely reflect sensationalist journalism? We know that heterosexual molestation also occurs. But since there are so many more heterosexuals than homosexuals, which kind of child molestation — homosexual or heterosexual — is proportionately more common? The Scientific Evidence Three kinds of scientific evidence point to the proportion of homosexual molestation: 1) survey reports of molestation in the general population, 2) surveys of those caught and convicted of molestation, and 3) what homosexuals themselves have reported. These three lines of evidence suggest that the 1%-to-3% of adults who practice homosexuality3account for between a fifth and a third of all child molestation. Reports of Molestation by the General Population In 1983, a probability survey of the sexual experiences of 4,340 adults in five U.S. cities found that about 3% of men and 7% of women reported sexual involvement with a man before the age of 13 (i.e., 30% was homosexual).4 In 1983-84, a random survey...
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...Pedophilia, defined by the DSM, is the “recurrent, intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child.” Albeit children are the clear victims of these heinous cases of sexual abuse, are the pedophiles really at fault? In Margo Kaplan’s New York Times article, “Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime,” she discusses how the criminalization of pedophilia has facilitated incidences of sexual offense. Instead of doing research into the underlying causes of pedophilia, law-makers prefer to ignore these neurological defects in pedophiles, and only intervene when a crime has already been committed (para 3). Usually, once the offense has taken place, the pedophile is then charged with severe sentences....
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...1. Introduction: ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) has described a clear idea about child prostitution. According to ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes), which became prominent in the late twentieth century for its work toward the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography, and trafficking of children for sexual purposes, defines child prostitution as "the use of a child in sexual activities for remuneration or any other consideration." According to UN Human Rights Commission (1989) “Child Prostitution” refers to the sexual exploitation of a child for remuneration in cash or in kind, usually but not always organized by an intermediary (parent, family member, procurer, teacher, etc.). Around the world today, there is a human right crisis of sexual abuse of millions of women, children and thousands of men in the prostitution & other form of sexual abuse. Child prostitution is the major part of total prostitution. Children are also involved in prostitution when they engage in sex in return for basic needs such as food, shelter or safety, or pocket money to purchase consumer goods. My paper explores the criminological factors associated with child prostitution in Bangladesh such as human trafficking and child prostitution, forced into prostitution, street children, broken home, social reintegration, livelihood and poverty, marital ...
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...Annotated Bibliography Beverly Santiago Strayer University Allen, Bob. “Evangelicals 'worse' than Catholics on sexual abuse.” Christian Century 130(22) (2013): 16. This article was written by Mr. Bob Allen in the Christian Century publication. Mr. Allen is a contributing writer. Though very short in length, Allen provides a looking at how Evangelicals handles sexual misconduct by its’ clerics and administrators. The addresses the issue of pedophilia but also how Evangelicals are quick to point out their belief of Catholics being worse than them. Allen provides insight on the level of arrogance, lack of transparency, and accountability amongst Evangelicals. He also makes a point of noting that there isn't a method of tracking pedophiles in the church no is there protection for congregates from bullying by clerics and administrators for exposing deviant behavior. As stated before the article is brief but provides a detailed look of how Evangelical view sexual misconduct in comparison to those in the Catholic clergy. Dreher, Rod. “Sins of the Fathers.” National Review 54(2) 2002): 27-30. In the article Sins of the Father, Rod Dreher provides a brief history of pedophilia in the Catholic Church. Dreher is a former writer for the NY Post and the current senior writer for the National Review. The article begins with a focus on the initial breaking new report Catholic priest James Porter misconduct. He also focuses on the number...
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