Child sexual abuse in Japan: A systematic review and future directions

Tanaka, Masako; Suzuki, Yumi; Aoyama, Ikuko; Takaoka, Kota; MacMillan, Harriet L.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.041

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“…It also includes all cases in which the individual, even if never physically touched, is exposed to an inappropriate sexual content or relationship with the abuser. SA is a worldwide problem that has not yet been sufficiently acknowledged or reported, as confirmed by analyses and studies carried out at different levels and in different contexts (Finkelhor 2005;Tanakaa et al 2017;Ji et al 2013). Sexual abuse in children is a global public health problem and violation of human rights, affecting children and woman of all ages, socio-economic levels, and cultural backgrounds that results in devastating health development and economic consequences for victims and society (Cattaneo et al 2007;Gilbert et al 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Medico legal procedures related to sexual assault: a 10-year retrospective experience of a Daphne protocol application

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Milone

Scalici

et al. 2018

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background: Sexual assault is a worldwide problem that has not yet been sufficiently acknowledged as confirmed by the literature. Italian law n.96, 1996, foreseeing norms regarding rape and sexual abuse, finally gave significant relevance to sex crimes. Results: Among victims 88 were females (97%) and 2 males (3%); 68 Italians (75.5%) and 22 foreigners (24.5%). At the time the events occurred, 42% (n = 38) of the victims were minors aged less than 16 years. In 11 cases, the age of the victim is not indicated. The assailant was an acquaintance of the victim in 65% of the cases (in 73% of these cases, the assailant was a family member). In 26 cases (28%) happened indoor, 44 cases happened outdoor and in 20 cases there were no data. Evidence of recent acute general body trauma (abrasions, bruises, lacerations) was found in 38 cases (42%); other types of injuries include: genital trauma (14 cases, 15%), genital and body traumas (49 cases, 54%) (tab. 1-2-). In 24 cases (26%) there were no injuries. Among genital trauma, we distinguished vulvovaginal lesions (68.5%) and anal lesions (31.5%). We have classified the minor victims using first Adam's classification and based on Adam's classification revised in 2015. Conclusion: Application of the Ve.R.S.O project protocol changed and greatly improved health management of victims of violence. By following these procedures, violence and abuse are analyzed from every point of view, also for an appropriate assessment of the medium and long term health consequences of sexual assault. Only in this way are citizens provided with a high level of protection against gender violence, psychological support and prevention from any form of violence which takes place in respect of such vulnerable people.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Medico legal procedures related to sexual assault: a 10-year retrospective experience of a Daphne protocol application

Zerbo

Milone

Scalici

et al. 2018

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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“…25 Our results agree with findings that children between two and eight years of age are the greatest victims of some type of violence. 4,[18][19][20] The exposure to many types of violence, in all ages, identifies great vulnerability of the children in relation to maltreatment; however, studies indicate that the younger the child, the more susceptible they are to violence situations due to their inability to identify and react to these situations. 25 A number of studies suggest that exposure to several types of violence have a greater impact on early childhood than exposure to a single type of violence; however, the time of exposure must be taken into consideration, as it also has an influence on this impact.…”

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“…3 However, the number of reported cases is still below the estimated number of cases of violence that occur. 20 Given the above, the justification for this research is guided by the importance of developing and aggregating knowledge on the theme to support prevention and promotion activities of children's health, as well as training professionals to recognize the warning signals and symptoms. The objective of the research was to characterize violence against children reported in the city of Porto Alegre, from the notification and registry in the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS) care network.…”

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Características da violência contra crianças no município de Porto Alegre: análise das notificações obrigatórias

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RESUMO Objetivo caracterizar a violência notificada contra crianças no município de Porto Alegre. Método estudo retrospectivo, incluindo 5308 casos de violência contra crianças de zero a doze anos registrados no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação no município de Porto Alegre. Resultados idade média foi de 5,95 ± 3,86 anos, com predomínio de crianças do sexo feminino (61%). A violência sexual foi a mais notificada (53%). A maioria dos agressores eram do sexo masculino (68%) e 72% dos casos ocorreram no domicílio da vítima. As meninas são mais suscetíveis à violência sexual. Crianças do sexo masculino sofrem mais violência física e negligência. Conclusão e implicações para a prática os resultados demonstram a importância do conhecimento do perfil das violências para intervenção e elaboração de políticas públicas intersetoriais, assim como para a capacitação da equipe multiprofissional para o reconhecimento do problema no momento da assistência e o devido encaminhamento.

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“…The findings from the current study suggest that Japanese individuals, at least undergraduates, who have experienced trauma are not retraumatized or harmed by participating in trauma research. More research on child abuse and other trauma in Japan has been conducted since then (e.g., Kadonaga & Fraser, 2015; Kawakami et al, 2014; Tanaka et al, 2017). Inasmuch as research and its dissemination increases public awareness and helps destigmatize issues, it is unlikely that Japanese students would now report more negative outcomes from participating in trauma research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Further, in a study of undergraduate women from Singapore, almost two thirds of the sample (n = 55, 62.5%) endorsed experiencing childhood physical abuse perpetrated by a family member (Back et al, 2003). Additionally, a recent systematic review of childhood sexual abuse studies in Japan revealed prevalence rates of childhood sexual abuse of 4.1% in males and between 10.4% and 60.7% in females (Tanaka, Suzuki, Aoyama, Takaoka, & MacMillan, 2017). Despite the high rate of high betrayal child abuse in this study, on average, participants were neutral to positively supportive of this research.…”

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Japanese Students Do See the Value of Asking About Child Abuse and Trauma in the Research Setting

Allard

Straus

et al. 2019

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

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Despite evidence regarding the impact of childhood abuse perpetrated by close others, or high betrayal trauma, a number of barriers continue to impede research efforts, including concerns that research may do more harm than good. Research conducted with Western samples has indicated that contrary to such concerns, participants rate the benefit of participating in trauma research as outweighing costs, even when they have a history of high betrayal trauma. Certain non-Western values, such as interpersonal harmony, could play a role in perceptions regarding trauma research participation. The current study evaluated perceptions of 79 Japanese undergraduate students who participated in an online study of child abuse. Japanese students rated the importance of participating in trauma research as greater than any immediate distress it caused. Interpersonal harmony was not related to perceptions of participating in trauma research, nor was a history of high betrayal child trauma. Taken together, these findings support continued research on childhood abuse in non-Western samples.

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Child sexual abuse in Japan: A systematic review and future directions

Cited by 29 publications

References 18 publications

Medico legal procedures related to sexual assault: a 10-year retrospective experience of a Daphne protocol application

Medico legal procedures related to sexual assault: a 10-year retrospective experience of a Daphne protocol application

Características da violência contra crianças no município de Porto Alegre: análise das notificações obrigatórias

Japanese Students Do See the Value of Asking About Child Abuse and Trauma in the Research Setting

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