scholarly journals Domestic sexual child abuse: Social and social-cultural aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-321
Author(s):  
Zh. V. Puzanova ◽  
V. M. Filippov ◽  
M. A. Simonova ◽  
T. I. Larina
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Social Service Organizations ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
Victims Of Violence

The ratification of the Lanzarote Convention by Russia in 2013 entails several issues that cannot be resolved without the help of social-humanitarian sciences. Information from sociology, psychology, and jurisprudence has been used to create a concept for the empirical study of the domestic violence against children - to improve the implementation of the Convention in Russia. The concept considers two aspects of the problem - social and social-cultural. The article presents the Russian experience of how the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse are implemented. The authors analyze statistical data on the number of families in which a sexually abused child is brought up; the number of abortions and childbirths by minors; the number of minors in educational colonies; the work of the childrens helpline; the number of mediation services; the number of social service organizations for families and children; the number of professionals working with children in programs aimed at preventing and protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse; the number of organizations providing psychological-pedagogical and medical-social assistance; the number of specialized multifunctional centers providing assistance to families and child victims of sexual abuse; the number of specialized green rooms for investigating crimes related to minors; the number of specialists accompanying minors who have come into conflict with the law at all stages of the investigation and court proceedings; the number of professionals trained under the Child Sexual Violence Protection Program and now assisting families and child victims of violence. The article will be useful for readers who study the implementation of the Lanzarote Convention and the issues of child sexual abuse and domestic violence.

Right to Protection against Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asha Bajpai
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Minor Children ◽  
Marriage Laws ◽  
Education Act ◽  
International Instruments

Child sexual abuse and exploitation covers the sexual maltreatment of both children and young people. Part A deals with child sexual abuse (CSA) in India, its magnitude, and child sexual abuse in institutions. It deals with the national legal regime relating to CSA including the constitutional provisions, Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO). Law reform relating to some provisions in POCSO, child marriage laws, Right to Education Act and, and child victims and witnesses is recommended. Part B deals with commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of minor children in the context of organized exploitation for commercial gain. The Indian laws dealing with commercial sexual exploitation and pornography are included. Important judgements and international instruments dealing with child sexual abuse and exploitation and the important role played by NGOs and government in dealing with cases of CSA and exploitation are included.

scholarly journals The effects of domestic violence and sexual abuse on mental health

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 448-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Itzin ◽  
Susan Bailey ◽  
Arnon Bentovim
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Mental Health Effects ◽  
Clinical Directors ◽  
Research And Policy

SummaryThe Department of Health and National Institute for Mental Health in England have undertaken a programme of research and policy development since spring 2004 in partnership with the Home Office which has important implications for the practice of psychiatry. This article looks at the Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme (VVAPP) guide ‘Tackling the Health and Mental Health Effects of Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse’ launched in 2006, supported by Department of Health and Home Office ministers and national clinical directors.

scholarly journals Sexual abuse of the mentally handicapped: difficulties in establishing prevalence

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 601-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Buchanan ◽  
Robert Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Mental Handicap ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Management Positions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Health Legislation

That adults with mental handicap∗ are particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation is not new, although relatively unacknowledged or investigated. Indeed successive acts under the mental health legislation have sought to protect them, particularly those with severe mental handicap. With the growing awareness and identification of sexual abuse of children, and the growing knowledge of the long-term psychological effects (Jehu, 1989), which may be even more severe for people who have disabilities (Kennedy, 1990; Sinason, 1989), it has been acknowledged that not only are the mentally handicapped particularly vulnerable to abuse (Benedict et al, 1990), but the problem may well be seriously underestimated by those working in management positions (Brown & Craft, 1989). While it is recognised that the mentally handicapped have rights and need to express their sexuality, they also have the right not to be exploited or abused. We therefore need to know more about the numbers, indicators and circumstances where this group may be sexually abused and to develop policies, systems and training to protect them (Brown & Craft, 1989). This pilot study was a step in this process.

Addressing race, racism, and commercial sexual exploitation in practice through an action-based research partnership

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara B Gerassi ◽  
Amanda Colegrove ◽  
Deanna Kopriva McPherson
Keyword(s):  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Commercial Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Social Service Organizations ◽  
Methodological Rigor

This paper analyzes the participatory research process stemming from a five-year transformative relationship between anti-trafficking coalition members (including service providers from multiple social service organizations), the coalition organizer, and a service provider who became a sex trafficking/commercial sexual exploitation researcher. We describe the collaborative process in the study design (including development of research questions, methodological and analytic planning, interview guide development, member checking, dissemination of findings, and creation of action steps) for one study, which sought to understand barriers and facilitators to service access and engagement among adult women involved in commercial sex. We analyze how our relationships enhanced methodological rigor and overall feasibility of the study, while creating a pathway to change in the community. Finally, we reflect on the role of our own diverse racial identities in collaborating on this research study, as well the implications for action.

Age-Related Child Sexual Abuse Experiences

2020 ◽  
pp. 019394592095872
Author(s):  
Mona A. Hassan ◽  
Faye A. Gary ◽  
Linda Lewin ◽  
Cheryl Killion ◽  
Vicken Totten
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Physical Trauma ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Two Age Groups

The study aimed to describe differences in the types of sexual abuse injuries between two age groups of children presenting to an emergency department. This descriptive correlational study explored the relationships between sexual abuse type and child’s age using data from the hospital health records of 95 children ages 6–14 years. Descriptive analysis indicated that sexually abused child victims’ ages were significantly associated with different types of penetrations and mucosal tears or injuries (p < 0.05). These findings highlighted the need for increased awareness about the different types of physical trauma associated with the ages of the child victims.

scholarly journals PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACCORDING TO INDONESIAN LAW (STUDY ON CENTRAL JAVA GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING THROUGH KPK2BGA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Ani Purwanti
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Psychological Abuse ◽  
Community Level ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Legal Enforcement ◽  
Victims Of Violence

Based on the report of Indonesia’s National Commission of Women Rights, the data of violence against women in 2017 are distributed as 10205 cases of domestic violence (75%), 3092 cases in community level (22%), and 305 cases in nation sphere (3%). Domestic violence is the most occurred violence with 4281 cases of physical abuse (42%), followed by 3495 cases of sexual abuse (34%), 1451 cases of psychological abuse (14%), and 978 cases of economic abuse (10%). There are 3092 cases of violence in community level, where sexual abuse is placed in the first rank with 2.290 cases (74%), followed by physical abuse with 490 cases (16%), psychological abuse with 83 cases (3%), violence to migrant labor with 90 cases (3%), and trafficking with 139 cases (4%). The data in Central Java since 2014 until April 2017 noted 5881 victims of violence, consisting of 4724 female and male victims. The data showed that there are 5163 male and 425 female offenders in the violence cases.The fulfillment of the rights for women to get the protection and rehabilitation, especially to get quality, comprehensive, and continuous rehabilitation is urgently required. The regulation to protect and rehabilitate women as the victims of violence exists, although the implementation is not enough.This research used socio-legal approach; an approach overviews the legal and social aspect in observing and finding solution related to the problems in this research.Legal protection to women as the victims of violence exists in the Law and Regulation in Indonesia (Law of Domestic Violence, Law of Trafficking, Law of Victim and Witnesses Protection), while the rehabilitation to violence against women includes medical services, legal aid services, legal enforcement services, legal re-socialization, shelter service, home security services, and counselling services.

The Unique Contribution of Attachment Theory in Understanding the Role of Nonoffending Fathers in the Care of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused: A Historical Lens

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-391
Author(s):  
Johanna Crocetto
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Paternal Attachment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Abuse Disclosure

Changing gender roles and caretaking roles in the family have resulted in increased father involvement in the day-to-day care of their children. As a result, there is a need to better understand the nature of father–child relationships within the context of multiple circumstances. One specific example is the role of nonoffending fathers in the care of children after child sexual abuse disclosure. This article first reviews how the attachment theory has evolved to include fathers and then reviews the unique contribution of paternal attachment to the care of child victims of sexual abuse. Implications for practice include enhanced engagement and intervention strategies that incorporate fathers effectively in services, better utilizing fathers as allies in the care of their children.

scholarly journals Child sexual abuse: the perception of mothers concerning their daughters' sexual abuse

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quitéria Clarice Magalhães Carvalho ◽  
Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão ◽  
Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sexually Abused Children

Domestic violence affects all members in a family and children are considered the main victims. This qualitative study aimed to grasp the perception of mothers whose daughters were sexually abused. Data were collected between February and March 2007 in a governmental facility in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil through semi-structured interviews with ten mothers of sexually abused children. Data were submitted to the Collective Subject Discourse Technique from which three themes emerged: Guilt is rooted in the motherhood myth, unhealable pain and despair as a consequence of a feeling of powerlessness. Results evidenced that mothers experience a range of feelings in which pain, revulsion and powerlessness are highlighted. Society should be engaged in the subject and interested in understanding violence, its magnitude and the whole affected chain, otherwise, only good intentions will remain, lost in the void from the lack of action.

Narratives of Mothers Whose Children Had Been Sexually Abused: Maternal Reactions and Comprehension Regarding Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052094852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francieli Sufredini ◽  
Carmen Leontina Ojeda Ocampo Moré ◽  
Scheila Krenkel ◽  
Maria Aparecida Crepaldi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Psychosocial Care ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Abuse ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Relationship

Child and adolescent sexual abuse is considered to be a serious public health concern and a devastating form of violence with serious physical, mental, and behavioral consequences in the short and long term. This qualitative study aimed to identify maternal reactions to the disclosure of sexual violence and explore the comprehension regarding child and adolescent sexual abuse held by the mothers of child victims. Twelve mothers were interviewed, whose children had experienced a situation of sexual abuse and were receiving psychosocial care in a municipality in southern region of Brazil. The collected data were organized and analyzed using the principles of Grounded Theory with the Atlas.ti 7.5.7 software. From the analysis of the narratives, three main categories emerged: mothers with positive reactions, mothers with ambivalent reactions, and mothers with negative reactions. Mothers that presented positive reactions believed the report and supported their children, showing a comprehension that sexual abuse can occur in different ways and not only when there is penetration. The participants that had ambivalent reactions oscillated between maintaining or breaking off the relationship with the perpetrator of the violence, expressed initial disbelief regarding the report of the abused child, and had a comprehension that sexual abuse could be a form of affection. Mothers that had a negative reaction to the disclosure of abuse presented a contradictory narrative, minimizing the effects of the violence and placing the victims at fault regarding the abuse suffered. The importance of considering the possible relationships between the maternal comprehensions regarding child and adolescent sexual abuse and the reactions of these mothers during the professional intervention was demonstrated.

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