Legal Caring: Preventing Retraumatization of Abused Children Through the Caring Nursing Interview Using Roach’s Six Cs

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra E. Gibson,
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Human Caring

Child abuse, especially sexual abuse, is a harsh, common reality. Nurses are called upon to assist children who may become part of the justice system. The philosophy of Human Caring, by M. Simone Roach, is used as a lens to illuminate the importance of legal caring. Acaring non-traumatic nursing interview with a child that has undergone sexual abuse is presented. Acase study demonstrating the technique of skillful questioning of the child highlights how one U.S. state developed a statute and ordinance to protect the abused child from retraumatization and to maintain legal verbal evidence. Recommendations for successful approaches for legal caring in the initial stages of contact with the victim and family are outlined.

scholarly journals The Effect of Child Abuse on University Student’s Psychological Status A Retrospective study

2018 ◽  
pp. 161-165
Author(s):  
Pary M. Azize ◽  
Farida A. Kadir ◽  
Lavin Luqman Othman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Pension Plan ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
The Public ◽  
Adult Depression

Child abuse commonly underpins adult depression. Child abuse is classified into four categories; physical, sexual, mental and neglect. This paper will study and discuss the rate of depression caused by child abuse at the time of the abuse, the data collected from the first section of the survey, which consisted of two categorical questions. There are two questions that this research will try to answer; have more females experienced one or multiple types of abuse during their childhood compared to male? And have the ones who have experienced abuse suffered from a degree of depression at the time of the abuse. The depression test that consisted of four questions that determined the participant’s depression percentage The result and tables have been duplicated from the Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP), 21 females and 36 males participated in the survey. In total 57 students answered the questions that were sent through email.  73% of the participants said that they were not abused as a child in any of the forms. 27% of the participants have been abused in one or more of the ways as a child., further, 71.4% of the abuse were physical followed by mental and neglect (28%. 28%, respectively). Likely there were zero records of sexual abuse.  Most of the abuse was happening around age 1-5  years and less likely on age 1-5 and above. Females become more depressed than males. 57.2% of the abused children were suffering from anxiety followed by an interruption in their relationship and low self esteem It can be concluded that more female were abused as a child. We can see that the constant (Male) is 49.29 and the female participants are 26.34 more than the constant. This proves that females become more depressed than men. Therefore, much work will need to Protect the children from harm.

Substantiation of Sexual Abuse Charges When Parents Dispute Custody or Visitation

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-839
Author(s):  
Jan E. Paradise ◽  
Anthony L. Rostain ◽  
Madelaine Nathanson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Parental Separation ◽  
Consecutive Series ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Sexual Child Abuse ◽  
Contested Custody

Recent news reports have implied that charges of sexual child abuse during parental separation or divorce are often deliberately falsified. Such a conclusion could be harmful if it biased practitioners faced with such allegations in clinical practice. To investigate this concern, sexual abuse cases in a hospital-based consecutive series and in one author's clinical practice were reviewed. Abuse allegations with and without a concomitant custody or visitation dispute were compared. A custody or visitation dispute occurred in 12 (39%) of 31 sexual abuse complaints lodged against a parent. Allegedly abused children whose parents contested custody or visitation were significantly younger than those for whom custody or visitation was not an issue (5.4 v 7.8 years, P = .02). Sexual abuse allegations were substantiated less frequently when there was concomitant parental conflict (67% v 95%, nonsignificant) but were nevertheless substantiated more than half of the time.

scholarly journals The Diagnosis of Child Sexual Abuse

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 295-299
Author(s):  
Arnon Bentovim
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
International Association ◽  
Battered Child Syndrome ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Battered Child ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Child Syndrome ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

Kempe, in an address to the International Association for Child Abuse and Neglect in 1979, drew the professional communities' attention to ‘the serious plight of sexually abused children’. He described this as the final stage in the communities' recognition of patterns of child abuse. This cycle had commenced with his recognition of ‘The Battered Child Syndrome’ in the early 60s.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Child Abuse and the Absence of Legal Protections for Male Child Sex Abuse Victims in Major South East Asian countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Raza Ansari ◽  
◽  
Alexandra Jane Davis ◽  
Nishan-E-Hyder Soomro ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Male Child ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Sex Abuse ◽  
Child Sex Abuse ◽  
Media Reports

The focal point of this paper is in highlighting the grim picture in dominant Asian countries China, India, and Pakistan where no practical application of the law is found to protect against the sexual abuse of children, particularly underage boys. An analysis regarding the conditions of sexual abuse in the aforementioned countries is carried out using the scarce reports issued by national governments, which will be supplemented with information from prominent NGOs and media reports. Thereafter, certain gaps in the justice system and law enforcement are identified. Simultaneously, the Western perspective is studied to ascertain how this issue is being addressed in Western societies and to what extent this heinous crime has impacted the lives of individuals. Finally, there is deliberation as to what the East could learn from Western practices for curbing the often-hidden menace of male child sex abuse. Keywords: Child abuse, Child sex abuse, Comparative study, Eastern practice, Gaps in justice system, Law enforcement, Male child abuse, Media reports

scholarly journals Why Cleveland Still Matters: Connections with a New Era

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Bacon ◽  
Susan Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

This chapter explores the lasting impact of 1987 Cleveland child abuse crisis in the UK in which 127 children were diagnosed by two paediatricians as having been sexually abused. It highlights how this resulted in tensions, misunderstandings and stresses in the interface between the public and the child protection system, and persistent challenges of creating and sustaining a successful multidisciplinary approach to intervention and protection. It argues that the experience in Cleveland provided unique information about the effects of intervening in child sexual abuse, especially where children are trapped in silence and only come to light by way of a proactive intervention. These children remain difficult to help and the best way of intervening remains contentious. The authors challenge the ethos that leaves sexually abused children vulnerable in the face of investigative and evidential hurdles and suggest ways forward.

Using a Multisectoral Approach in Tackling Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons from a Zimbabwean Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel Muridzo ◽  
Victor Chikadzi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Child Survivors ◽  
Integrated Service Delivery ◽  
Improved Outcomes ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Areas Of Concern

Child sexual abuse is one of the prevalent social ills that affect children in Zimbabwe. In response to the problem of child sexual abuse and the need to mitigate its adverse effects, Zimbabwe established the Victim Friendly System. The Victim Friendly System is a multisectoral forum made up of social workers, medical doctors, nurses, the police force and role players within the justice system such as magistrates, prosecutors, counsellors, educationists and psychologists. These professionals offer distinctive but complementary interventions to child survivors of child sexual abuse. This paper discusses the merits and lessons gleaned from using the Victim Friendly System as a multisectoral forum to tackle child sexual abuse. In researching this phenomenon, the study adopted a qualitative approach and data were collected from 38 participants and 4 key informants selected using theoretical and purposive sampling respectively. A total of 300 court files of child sexual abuse cases were also reviewed. The findings that emerged from the study show that a multisectoral approach to dealing with child sexual abuse provides the benefit of integrated service delivery. Improved outcomes for victims of sexual abuse as well as streamlined, effective and efficient operations for organisations that form part of the Victim Friendly System were also evident. This notwithstanding, the paper also discusses some areas of concern that could potentially affect how the Victim Friendly System multisectoral arrangement works. The lessons that emerged from the study provide some insights that are useful in informing guidelines for multisectoral arrangements.

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