Chapter Five

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Chapter Five

• Sexual Abuse

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Definition

• Sexual exploitation or sexual activities with a
  child under circumstances that indicate that the
  childs health or welfare is harmed or threatened

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The Abused and the Abuser

• The abused
• 20-25 of females
• 10-15 of males
• How much is reported?
• The abuser
• 10 are strangers
• 90 are family or acquaintances

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Rationalizations Offered by Abusers

• Having sex with a child is the best way to teach
  him/her about sex
• You become closer to the child if you share sex
• A child who does not resist, wants it

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New York Law

• Rape 1st degree
• Sexual Abuse 1st degree
• Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child 1st
  Degree

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Statistics on Child Sexual Abuse

• General statistics
• Gender of victim
• Gender and age of offender
• Factors influencing probability of arrest

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Consequence of Sexual Abuse

• Varies widely
• Trauma
• Types
• Factors affecting degree of trauma
• Level of adjustment
• Parricide
• Whos killing their parents?
• Characteristics

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Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

• During the abuse
• After the abuse has ended
• How many suffer aftereffects?
• What are they?
• What has the survivor learned?
• Flashbacks

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