...sexual abuse has been scattering all over the world. Every day, cases of child sexual abuse are reported to authorities vastly. In North America, 20 to 30% of men and women were sexually abused as kids, (Whealin, 2007). Some people, all around the universe, do not know the effects of it and what it causes for the next generation. However, those effects can be prevented easily yet patiently. Those ways are awareness, rationalism, and therapy. First, awareness plays an essential role in preventing CSA. Parents, acting as abusers, must be aware of the fact that what they’re doing might not only affect the child’s personality, but also affect the way he/she will react in certain incidents in the future. The child, not knowing right from wrong, will perform the same actions his/her parents did and will cause trouble for both himself/herself and others. Eventually, the abused child will get into trouble such as rape and the most common which is teenage pregnancy, Ethiop (1998). With time, 60% of teens that have been sexually abused, became pregnant (Berglas, Brindis, and Cohen, pg.16). Most teens, whichever boys or girls have at least gotten pregnant or gotten someone else pregnant because of misawareness. Throughout the victim’s life, she will not know how to cope with guys in a relationship neither sexually, as in being shy whenever her partner tries to get near her, nor emotionally (Williams, 2009). Moreover, when the abused child reaches teen years, he/she will not know the limits...
Words: 1506 - Pages: 7
...abuse, who was affected by this problems, and future solutions. Nationally, there has been an epidemic against child sexual abuse within the Catholic church. This abuse is arising from all of the world including, but not limited to, Australia, The United States of America, Brazil, and Italy. This abuse has been happening for a long time. In the book, Father Thomas Doyle, alongside former monks Richard Sipes and Patrick Wall, there is confirmation that this is a 2,000 year-long dilemma (alternet.org). In the article, written by Harriat Fraad, Sex, Priests and Secret Codes, What's Really Behind the Catholic Church's Sexual Abuse Problem? the author has discussed many reasons why the community might think priests choose to sexually abuse children. For example, choosing to exploit...
Words: 1569 - Pages: 7
...In the article “The Science of Child Sexual Abuse the author talks about a lot of different things. Usually when a child has been sexually abused it is most commonly some family member or someone whom is close to the child. Some children are afraid to tell someone about what is going on because sometimes the person that is abusing them usually will threaten them and tell not to tell. Twenty percent of sexual abuse are committed by males have been reported. Because of this abuse some children may become depressed for feel down thinking that it is all their fault. Many children have lack of support from their parents or caregivers. When a child has been abused they will sometimes have night mares about the terrorizing event that may have took...
Words: 287 - Pages: 2
...MAKE A DIFFERENCE Contents What is child abuse? 3 Emotional abuse 3 Emotional neglect 3 Physical neglect 3 Physical abuse 3 Sexual abuse___________________________________________________________________________ 3 Causes of Child Abuse 4 Parental Profile 4 Age of the parents 4 Low self-confidence 4 Past history of abuse 4 Drug and alcohol problems 4 Mental health problems 4 Financial instability ____________________________________________________________________ 4 The Cinderella effect____________________________________________________________________ 4 Child characteristics 5 The short and long term impacts 5 The short term impacts that this issue may have on an abused child 5 The long term impacts that this issue may have on an abused child _____________________________ 5-6 Political Power, Economics and Human Rights 6 How abuse is linked to these issues________________________________________________________ 6-7 Possible solutions to child abuse 7 What can I do to make a difference? 8 Reference list 8 CHILD ABUSE What is child abuse? Child abuse is defined as the wilful and unjustifiable infliction of pain and suffering whereby the survival, safety, self-esteem, growth and development of a child are endangered. Child abuse can take many different forms. These do not only include sexual and physical abuse, but also emotional abuse and neglect. There are five main types of child abuse: Emotional abuse ...
Words: 1707 - Pages: 7
...(Child Sexual Abuse, April 3, 2008) Child sexual abuse is the use of a child for sexual purposes by an adult or older, more powerful person, including an older child. Being sexually abused is not any easy thing to overcome (CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. (2002). The pain that comes along with the abuse it not just physical abuse but mental abuse. The first step of this happening is being able to understand the different types of sexual abuse. The second step to stop this is to learn the effects of sexual abuse. The third step of ending this terrible problem that is on a rise is how can you spot sexual abuse before it is to late. If nothing is done to stop this, childhood abuse it will continue to rise with many consequences in the future for the abusers and the perpetrators. Child sexual abuse is a significant public health problem not only in the United States but also around the world. One out of three females and one out of five males have been victims of sexual abuse before the age of eighteen. (CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. (2002). There are many different types of child sexual abuse. Incest is sexual abuse that members of families commit. (CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. (2002). Strangers can be individuals who abuse children in public places such as parks, apartment houses, or neighborhoods or they can pay adults to use children sexually as child prostitutes. (Child Sexual Abuse. (2008). Child sexual abuse can be done in the form of the perpetrators asking the abuser to...
Words: 2132 - Pages: 9
...The government thought of this “amazing things” called residential schools. It's hard to believe that the government would do this to people. They funded the residential schools 1.9 billion dollars. The government gave each victim 10k, then received an extra 3k for every year served. The parents of the children didn't know what was going on with the schools, they just thought it was education. The children that attended these schools were beaten physically, emotionally, and sexually. If i was apart of the government, and i had the responsibility to take care of the money, I would give the child and the family each 3k. The reason i would do this is because the money given to the residential schools is 1.9 billion. The family's need it for food...
Words: 409 - Pages: 2
...definition of child abuse has changed. Currently the questions of abuse focus’ around the point of where a parent or legal guardian crosses the fine line between acceptable use of force and unacceptable use of force. Rarely is Emotional abuse talked about or even thought about, yet it is the second most common reason for children needing protection for abuse in the United States and nearly 20,000 kids were identified as needing protection from abuse in just the last year alone, every 1 in 14 kids suffer from emotional abuse and still...
Words: 1563 - Pages: 7
...Paul Ingram Paul Ingram was a deputy sheriff and chairman of the local republican party was accused of sexually abusing two of his daughters in 1988 (Brailey, 1999). When Ingram is confronted with these accusations he makes an unusual remark “I can’t see myself doing this” and “I taught the kids not to lie” and pleads guilty (Brailey, 1999). There are other accounts that the confession took days for Ingram to confess to sexually abusing his daughters (Fulero & Wrightsman, 2008). The daughter’s accusations became with time more bizarre Fulero and Wrightsman, (2008) and implicated the addition of other men who would get drunk during pocked games and have sex with one of the girls. The allegations also included the slaughter of 25 babies in satanic cult rituals (Fulero & Wrightsman, 2008). Brailey (1999) also claimed she had an abortion and was forced to eat pieces of her dead baby during these satanic cult rituals. Olio and Cornell (1993) The Ofshe experiment Richard Ofshe a sociologist was hired by the prosecution because of his expert knowledge of cult behaviour (Brailey, 1999). Ofshe met the girls who had made the allegations and decided they were not telling the truth he concluded that Ingram had been manipulated into making a false confession. (Brailey, 1999). Ofshe decided to do an experiment with Ingram telling him that he had forced his son to have sex with his daughter while he watched Ingram at first he denied knowledge of ever remembering this event happening but...
Words: 553 - Pages: 3
...Miguel Mendoza Dr. Mc Fadden ENGWR 302 July 22, 2014 Sex and Violence Essay Lost Children The experience of a child growing up is meant to be exciting and fun. It is a time when children experience and learn about themselves and their morals by simply being a kids and having fun. To have one’s childhood forcefully taken away from them is inhumane, and unfortunately sexual, physical, and mental child abuse has always existed. Thorn is a technology task force made up of twenty technology companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter that lend their knowledge, time and resources to fight the sexual exploitation of children. According to Thorn, the exact number of child abuse victims is difficult to identify due to illicit nature of this activity, but it is estimated that there are 100,000 to 300,000 children at risk of commercial sexual exploitation in the United States and one million children exploited by the global commercial sex trade each year. Given these figures there are three questions that come to mind: Why does child sexual exploitation occur?; What are the consequences of sexual exploitation on the victims?; What can be done to stop it? According to NSPCC child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a, “…form of sexual abuse that involves the manipulation and/or coercion of young people under the age of 18 into sexual activity in exchange for things such as money, gifts, accommodation, affection or status.” A direct link has been observed between...
Words: 1680 - Pages: 7
...evidence on the generally fake “recovered memory” theory. These cases eventually went on to be known as the Wenatchee Witch Hunt. 43 adults were arrested and accused of 29,726 counts of sexually abusing 60 children. Some were released. 18 of them pleaded guilty, mostly by signed confessions. 10 were convicted at trial. 18 went to prison and only three were acquitted. Many witnesses and defendants later stated that they were pressured into making false accusations and confessions by caseworkers from the Washington...
Words: 469 - Pages: 2
...physical abuse on a child. The parents or adult could have come from an abusive home himself or herself. If that is all that the adult was taught growing up, then that is all he or she is going to know. This is what makes it possible for it to be passed down to their children and their children will pass it down to their children. It is an endless chain of abuse. Alcohol and drugs play a big role in child abuse. The parents are already stressed out by a variety of social conditions and when they get home from work they can start drinking or using drugs, if not both, This can trigger the violent behavior. I must mention that alcohol & drugs aren't the cause for all parents who abuse. My adopted parents didn't drink alcohol or use drugs. They were even "upstanding" members in our community & active members in the church. Ironic now when I think about my childhood that Sundays were the only days of the week that I didn't get knocked around. Children are even sexually abused. A parent, guardian, relative, or a family friend can sexually abuse them. The age doesn't even matter. There are babies that have been sexually abused as well as teenagers. Some children can't or won't tell another adult that they are being sexually abused. It is up to adults to look for signs of...
Words: 1744 - Pages: 7
...with crimes? In a world where anything can happen we see children everyday being mistreated by the one person that should be taking care of them and giving them love. Parents discipline their children and act as if they are real parents but really those parents that abuse and hurt their children are not good parents at all. Parents should care for the health of their child and treat their child better than what they threat them. Why is it that parents have the right to abuse their own kids but nobody else can touch them or abuse them? Why is it that parents don’t understand that every child needs a parents comfort? Child abuse is now a global problem that escalates every year. Child abuse will not be stopped if we don’t try and punish parents that do harm to their children. Parents should be legally punished if they are verbally, emotionally, sexually, or mentally abusing their children. Parents don’t see that the most terrible thing for children is to be physically abused. Physical abuse is one of the most common ways a parent abuses their child. Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury, or other physical suffering of the body. Once a parent hits a child they will be marked for life, a child may not have a mark on them but that child will always have that memory in their head. No matter what the child did or did not do there is no reason why a parent should be abusing their child. It is very hard for a child to forget something...
Words: 1351 - Pages: 6
...out on their children. Parents start to under think their actions and instead of disciplining their children, they are abusing their children. There are many precautions that should be taken when dealing with situations like these. Many experiments can be done in order to determine if abuse is taking place in the home. In order to determine child abuse, authorities usually look for bruises or broken bones in bad families but child abuse is determined by factors that are sometimes unknown. Child abuse is defined by internet dictionaries as physical, emotional, or sexual mistreatment of children. OkKids released documents on the case of Naomi Whitecrow and her child abuse story taken to the extreme (OkKids). Naomi Whitecrow was taken from her biological mother in February of 2008 and was sent to a foster home in September of 2008. Naomi died January 20th of 2009 from severe child abuse while in foster care. While people may think that children get bruises all the time, Naomi had bruises on her chest, face, back, legs, buttock, and head from Amy Holder, her foster mother. Although it was believed to be Amy Holder who was the cause of Naomi’s death, the defense argued that Holder brought Naomi to the doctor five days prior because she was a “concerned mother”. This case also shows that Holder brought in a “texas expert” to notify that Naomi’s death could have been triggered by neurological problems such as a seizure. Studies show that abusers usually bring the children to the doctor...
Words: 1263 - Pages: 6
...113th Street New York, New York 10027 212/854-5461 Paper prepared for presentation at the conference entitled “Protecting Children in Substance Abusing Families,” September 28, 1998, sponsored by the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, Minneapolis, MN. Researchers are just beginning to demonstrate empirically what child protective services workers have been observing for nearly two decades now: many, if not most, families who come to the attention of the child welfare system are involved with drugs or alcohol or both. Founded cases of child abuse and neglect have risen exponentially since the mid-1980s, when the crack form of cocaine, a cheap, easily used form of the drug, became widely available. Studies conducted since that time have identified substance abuse as a contributing factor in 40% to 80% of substantiated cases of child maltreatment (Curtis & McCullough, 1993; Magura & Laudet, 1996; Murphy, Jellinek, Quinn, Smith, Poitrast, & Goshko, 1991). Further, studies of substance abusing parents have found child-rearing beliefs and attitudes that heighten risk for child abuse (Williams-Peterson et al., 1994), as well as elevated rates of first-time reports to child protective services (Jaudes & Ekwo, 1995), re-reports (Wolock & Magura, 1996), and out-of-home placements of maltreated children (Nair et al., 1997). Substance abuse contributes to maladaptive parenting in three ways. First, there is the direct effect of...
Words: 9354 - Pages: 38
...Pedophilia, defined by the DSM, is the “recurrent, intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child.” Albeit children are the clear victims of these heinous cases of sexual abuse, are the pedophiles really at fault? In Margo Kaplan’s New York Times article, “Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime,” she discusses how the criminalization of pedophilia has facilitated incidences of sexual offense. Instead of doing research into the underlying causes of pedophilia, law-makers prefer to ignore these neurological defects in pedophiles, and only intervene when a crime has already been committed (para 3). Usually, once the offense has taken place, the pedophile is then charged with severe sentences....
Words: 771 - Pages: 4
