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For instance, a case control study in Australia on the long-term impact of abuse reported significant associations between child sexual abuse and experiencing rape, sexual and mental health problems, domestic violence and other problems in intimate relationships even after accounting for various family background characteristics. [13]
The term pedocriminality (De: Pädokriminalität; Fr: pédocriminalité) is a controversial term which originated in the 1980s and has been used by organisations such as UNICEF, UNHRC, the World Health Organization [186] and the Council of Europe [187] to refer to child sexual abuse and sexual violence used against children, [188] [189] child ...
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse and household dysfunction during childhood. The categories are verbal abuse, physical abuse, contact sexual abuse, a battered mother/father, household substance abuse, household mental illness, incarcerated household members, and parental separation or divorce.
As the age of consent to sexual behaviour varies from country to country, so too do definitions of child sexual abuse. [1] An adult's sexual intercourse with a minor below the legal age of consent may sometimes be referred to as statutory rape , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] based on the principle that any apparent consent by a minor could not be considered ...
In Zimbabwe, a retrospective study of reported cases of child sexual abuse over an 8-year period (1990 to 1997) found high rates of sexual abuse committed by teachers in rural primary schools. Many of the victims were girls between 11 and 13 years of age and penetrative sex was the most prevalent type of sexual abuse. [52]
Sexual victimization of juveniles plays a strong role in developing their sexually abusive behavior. According to an analysis of the relationship between sexual behavior problems and child sexual abuse done by Darkness to Light, children who have been sexually abused have more than three times as many sexual behavior problems as children who have not been sexually abused. [4]
Child sexual abuse is defined as an adult or older adolescent having a sexual relationship with a child. [46] [47] Effects of child sexual abuse include clinical depression, [48] post-traumatic stress disorder, [49] anxiety, [50] propensity to further victimization in adulthood, [51] and physical injury to the child, among other problems. [52]
Child sexual abuse is a risk factor for attempting suicide. [15] Additionally, some studies have shown childhood sexual abuse to be a risk factor of the perpetration of intimate partner violence in men. [16] Much of the harm caused to victims becomes apparent years after the abuse happens.