A content analysis of Botswana media coverage of child sexual abuse

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 105264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nankie M. Ramabu
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Media Coverage

Allegations of child sexual abuse: delayed reporting and false memory

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Byrne ◽  
Noel Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
False Memory ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
False Memory Syndrome ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Eleven Case

AbstractEleven case histories, including diagnoses and outcome, are presented of patients who made, or were the subject of, allegations of sexual abuse, but where these allegations were subsequently withdrawn or disproved. How such situations come about is discussed, with special reference to the false memory syndrome, a term made popular by recent media coverage. Given the complexity of this ‘syndrome’, an argument is put forward that diagnostic guidelines be established so that direct studies of its natural history and treatments may be undertaken.

Child sexual abuse

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
Mardie Whitla
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
School Psychologist ◽  
School Counsellors

Sexual abuse of children is not an uncommon crime. It has received widespread media coverage over the last four years, resulting in a heightened public awareness of the problem. Yet to many, the sexual abuse of children remains a taboo subject. Guidance officers, school counsellors and teachers play particularly important roles as part of a community's response to child sexual abuse. In this paper, some of the literature regarding difficulties in defining child sexual abuse and the subsequent problems in assessing the prevalence and extent of child sexual abuse is examined. Additional problems involved in the recognition and reporting of child sexual abuse are discussed and the reasons why many professionals are reluctant to report suspected cases to statutory authorities are explored. The school psychologist plays a key role in intervention, and some of the options available are proposed. Finally, the importance of appropriate training for the psychologist is highlighted.

Age differences in Criteria-Based Content Analysis scores in typical child sexual abuse interviews

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A Buck ◽  
Amye R Warren ◽  
Stacy I Betman ◽  
John C Brigham
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Age Differences

Deconstruction of a taboo: press coverage of sexual violence against children in pedagogical institutions in Germany 1950–2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 973-991
Author(s):  
Arno Görgen ◽  
Heiner Fangerau
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
The Media ◽  
Residential Educational

In 2010, Germany was shattered by a cluster of scandals concerning child sexual abuse in residential educational institutions. Previous attempts to broach the issue of child sexual abuse in institutions have repeatedly failed. This article investigates the historical preconditions that led to the immense awareness of child sexual abuse as raised by the media during this particular time. In order to create a holistic picture of the preconditions and awareness potential of the scandal, a database based on searching using a semantic field approach was created. The results were analyzed with respect to published discourses on child sexual abuse generally and in institutions in particular. Quantitatively, until the beginning of the 1990s, search results show a low but stable level of publication activity. This level increased strongly in the 1990s and, after a slight decrease in the new millennium, reached its peak in 2010. Qualitatively, the way violence against children in institutional settings was framed in the media coverage changed from emphasizing the motives of the perpetrator only (until the 1990s) to including more and more institutional and structural conditions that contribute to child sexual abuse.

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