Child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a perilous concern for any community. Sexual abuse in a child is difficult to define. Sexual abuse of a child are sexual behaviors meant to sexually excite the perpetrator. These sexual acts can include, but are not limited to: kissing, masturbating in the presence of a child, forcing a child to touch themselves, the abuser, or someone else, touching the child’s genitalia, rubbing sexually on a child, having a child view pornography, taking pornographic photos or…

witnessing, experiencing, or as a consequence of sexual exploitation may show behavioral signs. Some of the more common signs may include depression, anxiety, no desire to eat, and a likely withdrawal from normal everyday activities (U.S Department of Health and Services Child Abuse and Neglect, n.d). They may even show a sense of lethargy during the day. Other children may show a desire to be extremely compliant. These children may also begin to abuse drugs and/or alcohol as a means to forget…

mental health status. It would also be important to assess the daughter for sexual abuse as well. A trained doctor would need to do a complete physical examination if sexual abuse were suspected. Areas he/she may examine closely would be the mouth, throat, anus, and vagina. If enough evidence were present, the doctor may also order labs to check for sexually transmitted diseases. If there is a strong indication of abuse of any sort from a parent, the doctor may choose to admit the daughter…

I never would have thought that a mother could sexually abuse her child. But it happened to me. I was six years old. I put my shoes on and told my mommy that I was going down the street to visit my grandma. But she told me to wait, that there was something important that she needed to show me before I left. So I listened to her and stayed where I was, poised to walk out the door the minute she was finished showing me whatever it was that she wanted to show me. She came into the living room…

Being raped is a death sentence for a young child. It is very traumatic and victims experience long and short-term psychological effect such as Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, sleep/eating disorders, emotional distress such as constant anger, flashbacks etc (Gluck, 2012, p.1). Child rape is associated with trauma- related shame and guilt (Aakvag, 2016). It has been shown that survivors take personal responsibility for the abuse. Child sexual abuse is frightening because it causes…

Childhood Sexual Abuse by Debra Rose Wilson explains the necessity for professionals to be aware of the correlation between sexual abuse at an early age and the deteriorating health of adult survivors’. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA, 1996), includes using persuasion, enticement, and other inducements to coerce a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct or simulation of sexual acts” (Wilson 56). Children should never have to go through this, but childhood sexual abuse…

Why are child victims of sexual abuse at greater risk of HIV/AIDS than adults? Statics’ have showed that across the world with the custom of young children, especially girls under the age of 15 and being sexually active with older partners could be subjected to HIV or sexual violence. It is known fact that with the lower of age of first time sec can lead to a higher the lifetime of contracting HIV infection. Although it is also said that women who have HIV and gives vaginal birth can pass on to…

stages of children gave cause for rethinking possible biasing due to personal experiences. Therefore, the query within is: How can a professional of the MIND, personality, and behavior ignore a child’s cry: Then, explain away the possibilities of said abuse, freeing the perpetrators, and jailing the victim for such thoughts or accusations? A most unfortunate time for Jung, that Freud would discredit his expansion of human behavior and personality (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). Common knowledge…

The Article. In this 2014 article, “Interpersonal and Affective Traits of Psychopathy in Child Sexual Abusers: Evidence from a Pilot Study Sample of Italian Offenders”, by Adriano Schimmenti, Alessia Passanisi, and Vincenzo Caretti, analyzes evidence from a study of inmates in Italy, all of whom were convicted of violent crimes. They were interested in seeing if those inmates convicted of child sex abuse (CSA) has a higher rating of psychopathic behavior than those inmates not convicted of CSA…

Spotlight – Sociologial Theories 1 “When the Boston Globe’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world” (Road, n.d.). Spotlight is a movie based on real-life events that occurred in 2001and it shows the viewers the obstacles that these…