Counterintuitive Expert Psychological Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse Trials in New Zealand

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Seymour ◽  
Suzanne Blackwell ◽  
Sarah Calvert ◽  
Briar McLean
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Psychological Evidence ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse Trials

Extended Voir Dire in Child Sexual Abuse Trials

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catrin Andersson ◽  
Jennifer A. Tallon ◽  
Jennifer L. Groscup
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Voir Dire ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse Trials

The ‘Anatomy’ of Female Child Sexual Abuse: Who does what to Young Girls?

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Romans ◽  
Judy L. Martin ◽  
Jessie C. Anderson ◽  
Martine L. O'shea ◽  
Paul E. Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Female Child ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Sexually Abusive ◽  
Female Children ◽  
Stranger Danger

Objective: This paper aims to describe the characteristics of sexually abusive acts experienced by female children in order to identify those perpetrators who inflict intrusive and repeated child sexual abuse (CSA). Method: Data were collected from a random New Zealand sample of women aged 18 to 65 years who reported CSA, and a similar number of non-abused comparison women. Information on the perpetrator, the type of CSA, and perpetrator strategies were cross-tabulated. Results: The perpetrators were usually young men, well known to the victim or her family. Greater CSA intrusiveness was statistically associated with greater CSA frequency. Father/stepfather abusers were most likely to perpetrate intrusive and frequent CSA. However, family associates and non-paternal relatives were numerically more often reported as perpetrators than fathers/stepfathers. Stranger-perpetrators featured infrequently. Conclusion: We conclude that the most frequent and invasive CSA comes from someone well known to the child, particularly a family member or trusted friend. A focus by the courts or health professionals on either incest only (i.e. CSA between biological relatives) or ‘stranger danger’ will overlook the large categories of CSA perpetrated by secondary relative and family friend abusers.

The Abusive Society: A Review Essay

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Abuse Case ◽  
The Social ◽  
English Speaking

This essay reviews a recent book on a New Zealand child abuse case which has become well-known in that country. It uses the review to explore broader issues associated with the differing and controversial forms of child sexual abuse that have come into focus in some English speaking societies over the last 20 years and the social context which has made their emergence possible.

scholarly journals The New Zealand doctor's role in child sexual abuse intervention: A legal analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elizabeth Dieckermann
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Healthcare Needs

<p>This paper examines the New Zealand health professional’s role (with an emphasis on doctors) in several aspects of child sexual abuse intervention and treatment. Both current and proposed legal provisions are considered. After an explanation of their important role in this area, the current child protection framework insofar as it is relevant to health professionals is outlined. This is followed by an analysis of changes proposed in the Government’s White Paper for Vulnerable Children and Vulnerable Children Bill which will affect the landscape in which health professionals work. While there are benefits to proposed measures, some raise privacy and ethical concerns, or are inadequate to address the problem. The paper then addresses the legal requirements around the undertaking of medical examinations following a sexual abuse allegation, observing that the legislation raises questions around issues of consent, and making some suggestions for amendment. Finally, the general healthcare needs of adult survivors of abuse are considered.</p>

Parental response to child sexual abuse trials involving day care settings

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann W. Burgess ◽  
Carol R. Hartman ◽  
Susan J. Kelley ◽  
Christine A. Grant ◽  
Ellen B. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Parental Response ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse Trials

Views of justice among survivors of historical child sexual abuse

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Jülich
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Sense Of Justice

Restorative justice for adults in New Zealand has made a cautious start, although crimes of gendered violence are typically excluded. The findings reported in this article draw on interviews of adult survivors of child sexual abuse (eighteen women and three men), asking them to describe their experiences with the abuse and its impact, and to suggest changes to the criminal justice system, which would provide them with a sense of justice. Although the survivors spoke of justice in ways that reflected the goals of restorative justice, they were reluctant to endorse restorative justice as a paradigm within which they would pursue justice.

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