Child sexual abuse: recognition and response when there is a suspicion or allegation

Borg, Kevin; Snowdon, Christina; Hodes, Deborah

doi:10.1016/j.paed.2014.07.012

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“…Unfortunately, child sexual abuse has psychological and emotional implications on the well-being of child victims. This supports Borg et al (2014), Daray et al (2016) and Widom and Massey (2015) who postulate that child sexual abuse has life-long devastating impact on the well-being of the child victim. Widom and Massey further state that this social ill has serious physical, psychological, social and health consequences.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…However, sexual abuse incidents leave children under serious consequences due to the secrecy of sexual abuse amongst family members. This has been confirmed in several studies that child sexual abuse has serious implications on children (Borg et al, 2014;Daray et al, 2016;Rapholo, 2014;Rapholo, 2018;Widom & Massey, 2015). The implications of child sexual abuse amongst others include; psychological, physical, social and health effects.…”

Section: The Spirit Of Ubuntumentioning

confidence: 63%

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Factors Influencing Non-Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse Amongst Bapedi Tribe in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Frank¹

2019

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Child sexual abuse is a global public health issue calling the attention of practitioners, scholars and policy makers to address it. This study argues that children are being sexually abused both by family and non-family members, and such incidents are not always reported and/or disclosed due to various influential factors. This study was aimed at exploring and describing possible influential factors for the non-disclosure of child sexual abuse amongst Bapedi tribe. A qualitative approach with a descriptive phenomenological design was followed. Fifteen caregivers of children were purposively selected in order to pursue the aim of this study. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed thematically through the help of Nvivo Software. The findings indicate that due to factors such as fear of the perpetrator, the practice of the spirit of ubuntu, socio-economic status of the family and relationship with the perpetrator, protecting the dignity of the family, fear of victimisation, fear of witchcraft, and cultural beliefs, child sexual abuse in the Bapedi tribe is an issue to be dealt with by families affected and if need be, traditional courts intervene in case the families disagree. It can therefore be concluded that there is a lack of information on the nastiness of child sexual offences against children amongst Bapedi tribe. Therefore, the Bapedi tribe must be empowered to disclose and/or report child sexual abuse and the implications of not doing so.

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Factors Influencing Non-Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse Amongst Bapedi Tribe in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Frank¹

2019

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“…CSA violates the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child aiming to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (UNICEF 2004, p. 10). CSA has serious social, psychological, and physical health consequences (Widom and Massey 2015), oftentimes with a life-long devastating impact (Borg et al 2014;Daray et al 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Quality of Forensic Child Interviewing in Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Indonesia

Sumampouw

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J Police Crim Psych

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Most of the foregoing research on child investigative interviewing has focused on interview practices in Western countries, thus potentially limiting the generalizability and application of the findings to improve interview practices in non-Western countries. The current studies are the first to examine police interviewing practices involving alleged child sexual abuse (CSA) victims in Indonesia which has marked cultural differences compared with Western countries. In Study 1, we presented Indonesian police child interviewers (N = 26) with a sexual abuse case vignette concerning a 7-year-old girl. Police interviewers were asked to write down the questions they would pose to the child. We categorized questions into four types: open-prompts, directives, optionposing, and suggestive. In Study 2, we examined Indonesian police files (N = 24) containing child sexual abuse interviews and also scored the type of questions used as per the first study. We compared our data with those obtained in Western countries. The consistent finding in both studies is that Indonesian police interviewers rarely used open-prompts, asked more directive and option-posing questions. Consistent with findings from Western countries, our studies provide indirect evidence that openprompts may be infrequently used by forensic child interviewers in Indonesia.

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“…rape, defilement, buggery or oral sex) or non-penetrative acts. They may include non-contact activities, such as involving children in looking at or in the production of, sexual online images, watching sexual activities or encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways [16] . Studies considering child sexual abuse in the African context vary in terms of estimates depending on the country under study, type of sexual abuse studied, quality of the data collected (mainly retrospective studies) and the definitions used.…”

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A critical review of child abuse and its management in Africa

Badoe

2017

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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IntroductionChild abuse in Africa is a major threat to the achievement of the sustainable development goals on the continent and has become increasingly topical with a dramatic increase in recognition and an appreciation of the long term harmful effects on the affected population. The aim of this review was to outline current management of child abuse (especially sexual abuse) and highlight current preventive practice that could be beneficial in a resource-limited environment.MethodsA search of Medline and reference lists of the literature on child abuse in African countries and relevant world literature was conducted in December 2016. The review was written narratively, rather than systematically as a general overview was desired, instead of a focused view of individual aspects of child abuse.RecommendationsOpportunities for early identification of child abuse, as well as research into preventative strategies should be prioritised. Establishing strong institutions and guidance to tackle abuse when it occurs is both beneficial to the survivors and the continent at large.

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Child sexual abuse: recognition and response when there is a suspicion or allegation

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Factors Influencing Non-Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse Amongst Bapedi Tribe in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Factors Influencing Non-Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse Amongst Bapedi Tribe in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

The Quality of Forensic Child Interviewing in Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Indonesia

A critical review of child abuse and its management in Africa

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