As mentioned before, child sexual abuse is despised more than most other criminal offenses mainly because the victims here are children. Children may seem like an ideal target for many offenders because “Children often fail to report because of the fear that disclosure will bring consequences even worse than being victimized again. The victim may fear consequences from the family, feel guilty for consequences to the perpetrator, and may fear subsequent retaliatory actions from the perpetrator” (doc4). There is evidence that supports this. A study showed that seventy nine percent of the children that were studied denied any abuse at first. Of the children that initially did disclose, about three-quarters disclosed it by mistake. This is one of the main reasons that it is so hard to study this topic. The children are quick to keep quiet about their victimization. Some of them can not recognize that they are being victimized where others are just too embarrassed to say anything. A research document found at the NCJRS found that “All types of abuse and neglect in childhood put people at greater risk for arrest later in life. But an important finding of this study is that, in cases of sexual abuse, the risk is no greater than for other types of maltreatment” (doc5). Children who were abused have a greater risk of being delinquent when they are older but children who suffered from sexual abuse have a higher tendency to run away. “An average of 5.5 children per 10,000 erolled in day care are sexually abused, an average of 8.9 children out of every 10,000 are abused in the home” (doc4). Because of the lack of children coming forth, this figure is most likely inaccurate.

With new studies currently in affect, the situation of child abuse is starting to be addressed properly. The biggest obstacle seems to be trying to find a way to get children to come forth about there victimizations. There have been many school programs in affect to try to get children to speak up about any abuse that they might be receiving however, the success of these programs will be based mainly on the children’s willingness to cooperate. With the majority of child sexual abusers still on the streets, it is im

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