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Changes for victims of child sexual abuse

Changes for victims of child sexual abuse While state and federal statutes are sufficient for identifying victims (assuming proper implementation), they are insufficient for providing ongoing protection. Instead, the rights of the accused have precedence over the rights of the victims. As a result, far too many children are needlessly removed from their homes, thus […]

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Identification of victims of child sexual abuse

Identification of victims of child sexual abuse Statutes at both the state and federal levels are largely sufficient to provide for the identification of victims of child sexual abuse. The problem is primarily in the implementation of these statutes. Therefore, only two suggested changes to existing statutes are made, First, it is suggested that CAPTA […]

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Tension between children’s and sexual abuse offender’s rights

Tension between children’s and sexual abuse offender’s rights Child protective services is mandated to protect the rights of children, whereas the criminal justice system is mandated to protect the rights of the accused. Within the current system, the rights of the accused appear to take precedence. While there are various reasons to make this statement, […]

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Prioritization of child sexual abuse by caregivers

Prioritization of child sexual abuse by caregivers The previous section indicated that although CAPTA guidelines and state statutes afford protection to victims of all types of child sexual abuse, the implementation of these statutes has resulted in a system of unequal access to protection and resources based upon the identity of the offender. As a […]

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Child sexual abuse statutes

Child sexual abuse statutes The premise is that policies, programs, and statutes of child sexual abuse (or society’s response to child sexual abuse) are grounded within the historical and often myth-bound conceptualization of child sexual abuse. The purpose of the previous section was to show that the outcomes of these policies, programs, and statutes are […]

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Prevention for child sexual abuse

Prevention for child sexual abuse The final area to be considered is prevention. The empirical literature indicates that child sexual abuse is endemic within society and that all children are at risk of abuse in virtually any location by virtually any filial or nonfilial relations (almost all of whom are male). Methods of approach are […]

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Professional response to child sexual abuse

Professional response to child sexual abuse This section now considers professional responses to victims and nonoffending mothers once sexual abuse is identified. Again, these sections compare the profession’s response in child sexual abuse to that information available in the empirical knowledge base. Studies presented in this section are more varied than in the previous section […]

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Identification of child sexual abuse

Identification of child sexual abuse The first area considered is society’s ability to identify child sexual abuse. Here presents data on sexual abuse that occurs within the general population and compares the data to that reflecting society’s ability to identify abuse. In other words, this table reflects society’s ability to adequately identify and respond to the […]

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Current conceptualization of child sexual abuse

Current conceptualization of child sexual abuse Moving forward to the current period, the empirical knowledge base presented in this book provides a very different perspective of child sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse is a sociological problem of immense proportions. Approximately one-third of girls are sexually abused before their 18th birthdays, as are approximately one-seventh of […]

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Sexual abuse by professionals

Sexual abuse by professionals Who will protect us from those who would help us? (DeYoung, 1981, p. 92) This statement was made by one of three members in a 10-member adult incest support group who had been sexually abused by their therapists. This section addresses the frequency with which mental health professionals abuse their clients, […]

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