Sexual abuse has been going on for quite some time. 1 out of 4 girls and 1 out of 6 boys will experience some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18. ... A lot of sexual abuse cases are not even reported. ... The emotional toll sexual abuse give to a child is devastating. ... Since, she was sexually abused it changed her outlook on males. ... Sexual abuse is a dangerous issue that must be put to rest. ...

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Sexual abuse has been going on for quite some time. 1 out of 4 girls and 1 out of 6 boys will experience some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18. ... A lot of sexual abuse cases are not even reported. ... The emotional toll sexual abuse give to a child is devastating. ... Since, she was sexually abused it changed her outlook on males. ... Sexual abuse is a dangerous issue that must be put to rest. ...

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Child Sexual Abuse It is frightening to realize how widespread sexual abuse is in our society and yet how strong the denial of it is.1 "Don't waste your time talking about what an aberration it is and how unlikely it is " just get to the place where you understand that one of the things humans do is have sexual contact with children,"" says [Gavin] de Becker, author of Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane).2 Sex with children is a crime. ... But [thanks to a 1994 federal law, it is also] illegal for Americans to travel overseas to have sex with...

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(World Health Organization) "Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm" (The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act – CAPTA) "Child abuse is a very complex and dangerous set of problems that include child neglect and the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children.... # Sexual Abuse 1. 53.22% children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse. 2. Andhra Pradesh, Assa...

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Impact of Abuse The impact of sexual abuse reaches all levels of a childs emotions. ... The abuse feels so wrong yet the abuser insits it is okay, taking advantage of the childs mistrust and naivety. Below are the thoughts of an abused victim as she thinks back to her abuse and questions her father. ... Since I was a little ten-year-old child, I had to deceive and hide from the world and my mother that my father took a sexual interest in me. ... A nine-year-old girl had a nightmare and went to her father's room for comfort but instead he sexually abused her. ...

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They are physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and emotional maltreatment. ... Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse is defined as the sexual exploitation or sexual activities of children. ... There are many physical indicators of sexual abuse. ... Sexual abuse may affect each of the victims differently. ... The behavioral effects of sexual abuse. ...

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A third type of abuse is sexual abuse. Sexual abuse is any type of inappropriate sexual behavior with a child. ... Of those findings, 63 percent were neglect cases, 19 percent stemmed from physical abuse, 10 percent suffered sexual abuse, and 8 percent suffered from psychological abuse. ( http://www.nccanch.acf.hhs.gov) The same study broke down the percentages to show that child abuse does not discriminate according to ethnicity. ... Some signs of sexual abuse may include: difficulty in walking or sitting, torn, stained or bloody clothing, pain, itching, or bruising in the genital area, sex...

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To set the record straight there are four basic forms of child abuse: emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse (ICAN). ... Sexual Abuse is the inappropriate sexual behavior with an adult to a child. ... If a stranger commits these acts, it would be considered sexual assault and handled solely by the police and criminal courts. ... According to a 1994 survey, physical abuse represented 21% of confirmed cases, sexual abuse 11%, neglect 49% and emotional maltreatment 3% (U.S. ... Over 90%j of child sexual abuse cases present to prosecutors do not go to trial (Shengold, Leona...

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All drugs of abuse, such as nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana, primarily affect the brain's limbic system. ... Besides hurting their bodies and their brains many drug abusers damage their children as well. ... The most important fact is that, children whose parent's abuse alcohol or drugs are almost three times more likely to be verbally, physically or sexually abused; and four times more likely than other children to be neglected. ... Here are some ways parents are encouraged to help their children stay clear of drug abuse. ... Examples of failed or dead Drug abusers will make kids...

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All drugs of abuse, such as nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana, primarily affect the brain's limbic system. ... Besides hurting their bodies and their brains many drug abusers damage their children as well. ... The most important fact is that, children whose parent's abuse alcohol or drugs are almost three times more likely to be verbally, physically or sexually abused; and four times more likely than other children to be neglected. ... Here are some ways parents are encouraged to help their children stay clear of drug abuse. ... Examples of failed or dead Drug abusers will make kids...

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All drugs of abuse, such as nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana, primarily affect the brain's limbic system. ... Besides hurting their bodies and their brains many drug abusers damage their children as well. ... The most important fact is that, children whose parent's abuse alcohol or drugs are almost three times more likely to be verbally, physically or sexually abused; and four times more likely than other children to be neglected. ... Here are some ways parents are encouraged to help their children stay clear of drug abuse. ... Examples of failed or dead Drug abusers will make kids...

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All drugs of abuse, such as nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana, primarily affect the brain's limbic system. ... Besides hurting their bodies and their brains many drug abusers damage their children as well. ... The most important fact is that, children whose parent's abuse alcohol or drugs are almost three times more likely to be verbally, physically or sexually abused; and four times more likely than other children to be neglected. ... Here are some ways parents are encouraged to help their children stay clear of drug abuse. ... Examples of failed or dead Drug abusers will make kids...

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All drugs of abuse, such as nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana, primarily affect the brain's limbic system. ... Besides hurting their bodies and their brains many drug abusers damage their children as well. ... The most important fact is that, children whose parent's abuse alcohol or drugs are almost three times more likely to be verbally, physically or sexually abused; and four times more likely than other children to be neglected. ... Here are some ways parents are encouraged to help their children stay clear of drug abuse. ... Examples of failed or dead Drug abusers will make kids...

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All drugs of abuse, such as nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana, primarily affect the brain's limbic system. ... Besides hurting their bodies and their brains many drug abusers damage their children as well. ... The most important fact is that, children whose parent's abuse alcohol or drugs are almost three times more likely to be verbally, physically or sexually abused; and four times more likely than other children to be neglected. ... Here are some ways parents are encouraged to help their children stay clear of drug abuse. ... Examples of failed or dead Drug abusers will make kids...

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Although, throughout this paper we shall discuss not only the effects of sexual abuse but abuse in all its forms. These include Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Mental Abuse and Neglect. ... This brings us to our next form of Child abuse, that of Sexual or exploitive abuse. Sexual abuse is described as those activities by an older person for his or her sexual gratification without consideration for the child's psycho-social sexual development. ... Physical and sexual abuse are like roadblocks in the road of life. ...

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A Child Abuse become an abuser Child abuse is the intentional, unexplainable infliction of physical, moral, and sexual pain and suffering on a child. ... The broad picture includes only moral, physical and sexual abuse, while in the narrower picture each of these has its own sub-topics. ... Although school aged or adolescent females are more likely to suffer from sexual molestation, there are a recently growing number of sexual abuses of pre-school and male victims. ... The narrower picture of types of abuse includes unreasonable physical violence, verbal abuse, fai...

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Whenever a parent denies their child the right to remain a child by forcing them to act as a partner, then the child becomes a victim of sexual abuse. ... Sexual abuse of a child is very appalling. ... Sexual abuse can interfere with the child's attitudes toward their self, sexuality, and trusting relationships. ... A child that has been sexually abused lives a life of fear, anxiety, and depression. ... I can not think of a reason to support child abuse. ...

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Child Abuse Child abuse is neglect that can be physical, emotional, or sexual. ... Thousands suffer severe physical and emotional abuse and the number of reported cases of abuse is rising. ... First the physical abuse of children, next to neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of child abuse. ... Generally child abuse involves a child or several children, an abuser or abusers, a family which can include the abuser, and it can be obvious or harder to uncover (park 5). Second the emotional and sexual abuse of children. ...

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Child abuse can occur such forms as physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, substance abuse and neglect. ... When we are thinking about child abuse ,first thing coming in our mind is physical abuse but abuse is more than broken bones and bruises. ... Second type of child abuse is emotional abuse. ... Third one is sexual abuse. It is inappropriate sexual activities by caregiver or parent. ...

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When we think of drug abuse we often are oblivious to the several types of abuse that occurs. ... Girls and young women are likelier than boys and young men to abuse substances in order to lose weight, relieve stress or boredom, improve their mood, reduce sexual inhibitions, self-medicate depression, and increase confidence.Although men are more likely to become addicts, woman generally have a care provider who prescribe drugs which jump starts the addiction. ... Rarely leading to addiction or abuse. ... Child abuse and neglect can often occur. ... Being around this behavior can cause chil...

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Emotional, physical, or sexual abuses are all actions that harm the victim and place them under full control of the abuser. ... There are three different types of abuse: emotional, sexual, and physical. ... Sexual abuse is something that is not as easily identified because victims usually just think that the sexual demands are not that serious. For example, many believe that "it is not sexual abuse unless intercourse is involved"(Crawford-Clark). ... Sexual abuse, although it includes a constant demand of sex, can also include criticizing the victim in sexual terms, calling the victi...

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Sexual Harassment Work had become a nightmare for a young secretary named Virgin Mary. ... Sexual harassment is a form of abuse, unwelcome sexual gesture, or physical and verbal behaviors which erode the dignity of an individual by degrading the sexuality of the individual, and may be implicit (eg. stares, gestures) or explicit (eg. touching, fondling, sexual proposition) in nature. ... I was being sexually harassed everyday at work." ... In the school environment sexual harassment is a growing issue. ... The thought of a child being sexual harassed disturbs the minds of many. ...

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Child abuse is very widespread in America and many helpless children live their lives based on abuse and confusion. ... The most complex part of child sexual abuse is finding out the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator (Foston, 2003). In cases where the mother was the child being sexually abused, the perpetrator was most often a male family member whether related by blood or by marriage. "Over half (60%) of the women reporting a history of childhood sexual abuse had at least one child in out-of-home placement" (Marcenko et al., 2000, p. 322). ... Along with sexual chi...

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Emotionally Abused Children Emotional abuse leaves no physical marks. ... This type of abuse is the least understood out of all types of abuse (Emotional Abuse, 1996). ... Emotional abuse is often accompanied by neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse (EBSCOhost). ... Types of Emotional Abuse There are many types of emotional abuse. ... Reasons Adults Abuse There are a number of reasons why parents abuse their children. ...

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Nafissatou Diallo, a New York hotel maid, accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attacking her after emerging from the bathroom naked while she cleaned his room. In her story, he ripped her pantyhose, raped her, and forced her to perform oral sex. During the investigation, however, Dia...

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