Cross-sectional survey of underreported violence experienced by adolescents: a study from Indonesia

Background Global studies on adolescent victims of violence require serious attention due to the possibility that underreported cases may be higher than official records indicate. Since Indonesia expects to witness a demographic bonus, extensive research is needed to strengthen early detection, case handling, and prevention. Here, we report the outcomes of a survey on physical, verbal, and sexual violence experienced by adolescents in West Java, an Indonesian province inhabited by 18% of the country’s total population. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey in 2017 using the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Child Abuse Screening Tool for Children (ICAST-C) questionnaire for detecting child abuse; an expert panel translated, simplified, and validated it based on a theoretical framework that combines paediatrics, public health, and medicolegal perspectives. We aimed to cover a large sample size and explore three types of violence (physical, verbal, and sexual) that have high evidentiary value in the forensic context. The respondents were adolescents in the first and second grades of middle school (12 to 14 years old) and high school (15 to 17 years old) in seven cities/municipalities in the province, selected through several stages of simple random sampling (N = 3452). We analysed the samples through univariate (percentage), odds ratio (OR), comparison, correlation, and correspondence analyses. Results The results showed that 78.7% of the adolescents experienced violence in 2017, comprising those who encountered at least one incidence of physical violence (43.1%), verbal violence (12.2%), and sexual violence (4.5%). Data overlap includes 14.3% who experienced one type of violence in 2017, 7.4% who experienced two forms of violence, and 1.4% who underwent all three kinds of violence. The offenders were mainly adolescents across all types of violence, except for being forced to engage in sexual intercourse. Several victims of sexual violence did not state who the offenders were. Further, several characteristics showed a higher chance of experiencing violence than other characteristics, especially for adolescents who were still in middle school and those who lived only with their mothers. Correspondence analysis suggested subtle differences between characteristics. Conclusion We expect this study to help identify risk and protective factors that are essential to strengthening early detection efforts, decisive medicolegal examinations, case handling, and policy-making.

Protection of orphans and children left without parental care from violence and abuse: legal grounds and psychological assistance

The paper deals with the problem of abuse and violence against minors, among which the authors distinguish a special category: orphans and children left without parental care. Approaches to the definition and forms of violence and ill-treatment of minors are described. The psychological causes and consequences of violence and ill-treatment are analyzed. Technologies for providing psychological assistance to child victims of violence and abuse are offered. A significant part of the work is devoted to the consideration of the features of interdepartmental interaction on prevention and timely detection of signs and consequences of abuse and violence against children. The result of such an analysis was the development of a model regulation describing the procedural and legal issues of coordinating such interaction between specialists from different departments in order to protect the interests of minors. The work is addressed to psychologists, teachers, specialists of organizations for children.

Elderly victims of violence: family assessment through the Calgary model

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the structure, development, and functionality of the family of the elderly victim of violence. Method: Descriptive research with a qualitative approach, based on the Calgary Family Assessment Model. Four elderly people who suffered violence and their family members were assessed at home, from October to November 2019. Data analysis was based on the genogram and ecomap, as proposed in the model. Results: It was found that the members of the four families had low schooling and financial difficulties. As for the social support network, the neighbors, the health unit and the Church stood out. The members of each family nucleus expressed feelings of fear, insecurity, anger, nervousness, sadness and impotence, resulting from the conflict between the couple. Final considerations: In the assessed families, weaknesses and potentialities in the structure, development and functioning are highlighted, which must be considered in the elaboration of the care plan.

Security and Violence Perception of Medical Interns during Social Service Practice in Mexico

The increase of insecurity levels in Mexico, as well as the fact that violence is a frequent experience among health personnel, motivated this study whose purpose was to evaluate the perception of security and violence that social service medical interns (SSMI) had on the institutions and localities where they carried out their social work and make visible the main types of violence to which they were exposed. This was a cross-sectional study, based on a perception survey self-administered to 157 SSMI from Zacatecas, in Mexico. A high proportion of the participants (75.8%) stated that they were victims of violence, describing 134 incidents; however, only 33.6% of SSMI made an official report. The reported incidents were related to organized crime (31.9%), verbal violence (20.6%), violence by the authorities (14.7%) and sexual harassment (11.8%). One hundred percent of the victims of sexual harassment were women (p = 0.039). According to the above, it is a priority to generate strategies to prevent and reduce the risk of exposure to the violence generated in the medical units and communities where SSMI carry out their activities as medical graduates, as well as, to efficiently process formal violence reports to promote a safe environment that favors the fulfillment of the practice of SSMIs in Mexico.

ANALISIS SOSIO YURIDIS KEKERASAN TERHADAP ANAK DI KOTA MAKASSAR

Kekerasan pada anak dilaporkan terjadi hampir di seluruh dunia dengan prevalens yang cenderung meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Indonesia berada pada kondisi gawat darurat anak disebabkan kasus kekerasan terhadap anak-anak Indonesia meningkat dengan sangat tajam. Jumlah kekerasan pada anak di Kota Makassar cukup tinggi pada tahun 2017 hingga pada tahun 2020.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kekerasan pada anak di Kota Makassar ditinjau dari sosio yuridis. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Nopember tahun 2020 hingga bulan Januari tahun 2021. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dan dokumentasi dengan pengambilan sampel secara purposive. Jenis data yang digunakan yaitu data primer dan data sekunder. Sumber data penelitian yaitu dari literature dan data lapangan. Teknik pengambilan data yaitu dengan wawancara dan studi dokumentasi. Analisis data yang digunakan yaitu secara normative. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penangangan terhadap anak korban kekerasan di Kota Makassar melibatkan beberapa insitusi yang terkait yaitu P2TP2A (Pusat Pelayanan Terpadu Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Anak), Dinas Sosial, Dinas Kesehatan, Dinas Pendidikan, Kepolisian, Pengadilan. Akibat hukum terhadap kekerasan anak di Kota Makassar yaitu penanganan secara langsung oleh P2TP2A yaitu dengan cara pembinaan di rumah aman sehingga kegiatan preventif lebih diutamakan. Faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan kekerasan pada anak yaitu factor keluarga, faktor lingkungan dan factor anak itu sendiri.. Violence in children is reported in almost all over the world with a prevalence that tends to increase from year to year. Indonesia is in a state of emergency for children because cases of violence against Indonesian children have increased very sharply. The number of violence against children in Makassar City is quite high from 2017 to 2020. This study aimed to analyze violence against children in Makassar City in terms of socio-juridical terms. The research was conducted in November 2020 to January 2021. The data was collected through interviews and documentation with purposive sampling. The types of data used were primary data and secondary data. Sources of research data were literature and field data. The data collection techniques were interview and documentation study. The data analysis used was normative. The data analysis used was normative. The results showed that the handling of child victims of violence in Makassar City involved several related institutions, namely P2TP2A (Integrated Service Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children), Social Service, Health Service, Education Service, Police, Court. The legal consequence of child abuse in Makassar City is direct handling by P2TP2A, namely by means of guidance at a safe home so that preventive activities are prioritized. Factors that cause violence in children, namely family factors, environmental factors and factors of the child himself

EMPOWERMENT ON THE CAPABILITY OF THE BARANGAY TANODS OF MARIA THERESA, CABANATUAN CITY

This study was conducted to determine on how to empower the capability of the barangay tanods of Maria Theresa, Cabanatuan City. After assessing their level of familiarity on the policing strategies as to Gender-sensitivity and Child-friendly approaches, the researcher proposed some programs on how to empower them. The researcher used a descriptive design of methodology. The outcome of the study have manifested that the barangay tanods have limited knowledge on the process in dealing with victims of violence against women. Further, as to child-friendly approach, the respondents were likewise slightly familiar on the proper treatment in handling child in conflict with the law. As a result, there is a need to empower the capability of the barangay tanods in performing their duties especially on how to become a Gender-sensitive and child-friendly barangay tanod. KEYWORDS: Empowerment, Capability, Barangay Tanod, Gender-Sensitivity Approach, Child-Friendly Approach, Maria Theresa

Handling Compassion Fatigue in Complaint and Referral Unit Volunteers: Case Study of Komnas Perempuan

The spiking exposure of traumatic events faced by workers and volunteers in handling violence against women has the potential to lead to compassion fatigue. This research sought to describe the experience and protective factors of compassion fatigue in Complaint and Referral Unit volunteers who provide services to female victims of violence in Komnas Perempuan. A total of 3 respondents participated in this study through online interview. Thematic analysis is performed to analyze the data. The result suggested that the participants had compassion fatigue symptoms, which included burnout and secondary traumatic stress symptoms. The experience of burnout included physical and emotional exhaustion as well as guilt and helplessness. Whereas secondary traumatic stress was expressed in preoccupation of thoughts about victim’s violence case and projection in personal relationships. Nevertheless, these symptoms had been resolved due to protective factors such as personal characteristics (educational background and self-care) and social support (personal and professional support from the organization). This study added to our knowledge on how to create supportive system for volunters who provide services for victims of violence against women.

Domestic sexual child abuse: Social and social-cultural aspects

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.